Great video! I love Crape Myrtles! They are my favorite flowering tree and shrub. I have 9 of them. Two are Black Diamond Crape Myrtles. For some reason I never thought to propagated them. Thanks for the info!
Thank you. I had a neighbor who had like 20 different types of Crape Myrtle. So when I asked for a cutting, he brought me a whole bouquet of them 🙂. Here in Georgia not a lot of plants thrive in July and August due to high temperatures. So Crape Myrtle is a game changer.
Nodira's Garden I’m in SoCal, zone 9b. Triple digits for weeks! I plant tropicals, so I’ll have blooms during this time of summer. My Crape Myrtles, hibiscuses, Cannas, Lantana, and a few others are thriving right now.
Nodira's Garden watering vegetables and containers every morning and in ground flowers and trees every other day. It’s a chore, but a labor of love. You can check out my garden on my channel if you like.
@@aridon1981 I'm just south of you by Gville. I had my husband hook up a drip system going to all my Hydrangeas, hedge rows, beds, and potted plants. Then we put on timers. Now instead of watering for 4 hours I can do something else like make cuttings. It was the best thing we ever did. ☘🌿☘
Thank you so much for an informative video. I have been searching for Georgia gardening advice and feel blessed to have found your channel. I look forwarded to seeing all your videos.
I like the way you demostrate how to plant flowers, very easy, no rocket science. I'll be trying a few cuttings of Crape Myrtles...Thank you, and I will keep watching your videos.
I'm in Maryland zone 7. I have been trying to propagate small cuttings and waiting to see how that works. I like the way you demonstrated your longer branch propagation. I'm going to try it! It's October now can I take the branches like you did and add them to the soil? Will they survive the winter? Thanks for your help.
Absolutely! Do it now or any time until late November. I honestly propagate whenever I have time for it. Just make sure you water the soil if it doesn’t rain occasionally. And put them in a good soil not hard clay type of soil. Good luck 🌷
Thank you so much for the great and helpful video. I was wondering about planting these and whether I need to bring them in during the winter or leave them out to continue getting the moisture? Thanks so much.
I'm glad you liked it. It is pleasant to share experience with others. If your winter temperatures don't drop below 0°F, you should be fine to leave those pots outside. And if you get dry winter water them occasionally, so it doesn't dry out completely. Good luck ⚘
I put out 8 pots with cuttings about a week ago, trimmed leaves as you did, and covered with mulch and watered daily. (I sterilized the scissors with alcohol before cutting). I leave them in the shade of a tree, outdoors. The leaves turn brown and fall off, and the soil isn't overly damp... is it too dry or too wet? Thank you very much for your help.
@@Clyde_Lewis Hi, so leaves will all fall off, for a moment you may think it's completely dead, but in the Spring you will see the buds coming out. If you see that the soil isn't dry, do not water it. We don't want them to rot. The key is to keep it moist to prevent from drying out completely.
Hi. New subscriber!!! I really want to do this for these hydrangeas limelight flowers so I can put some beautiful hydrangeas in my front yard and back yard. I’m going to try to do this I hope 🤞 I do it the right way ❤️💗
Welcome and yes, do try this. You can never go wrong with Limelight Hydrangeas. I will be taking an update video soon to show my last year cuttings! They are super cute and already blooming!!!
Great video! My crepe myrtle is growing many tall "sprouts" from the bottom. I usually just prune them off to keep the tree style. Can I use these sprouts to propagate rather than cut a flowering branch? Thank you!
I wouldn't try using those as they are not mature in my opinion. If you don't want to cut the branch because of the flowers, then wait for the fall and trim. I always used a solid branch.
*Wish you explained all in more 'depth' (ha, ha no pun intended : ) Exactly what did you use for "potting" soil. How many months until roots, did you ever re-pot because plants became root-bound, how long before you actually potted back into ground,* not just another bigger pot? You obviously know what you're doing so I kind of want to know the easiest things for me to understand and do. I wish I were your neighbor so I could watch over your shoulder (and also enjoy your garden with a cup of tea in hand - beautiful!) If you have or know of a video that explains more details for a gardener like me who does ok but doesn't have any experience propagating, would you please pass on that info to me, pretty please : ) I would like to grow a clone of my beautiful blue-purple 'Macrophile' I bought almost 20 yrs ago. It's getting too old now and I would like to keep it's "blood line" growing, thank you Nodira! A web-site like yours that I can listen to & understand but in more "depth" is be perfect. ps where are you now that YOU can grow all these beautiful healthy specimens of Hydrangeas & Crape Myrtles: Seattle? Raleigh? Hartford? Mackinaw Island? I'm having fun collaborating -- been under the weather for 2 yrs too long with the Pandemic & Chemo from a rare type breast cancer. Again, thanks Nodira : D
Hi Katherine, Thanks for your interest and feedback. Let me see if I can answer your questions. 1. I try to keep gardening simple. So U se whatever spoil I have handy. Sometimes I mix top soil with mushroom compost, sand. If I have a potting soil, I use that. 2. Yes, I transplant them into their permanent place in ground once I start seeing vigorous growth. Typically, within few months, you will see new leaves etc. Until then, don't worry about roots getting root-bound. It may happen if you keep there for 2-3 years. Sometimes, I transplant them in a big planter, as I don't have any more space in ground to plant it. So that's ok too, just know that it will not grow too big as it would if it was in the ground. Like Crape Myrtle. 3. I would like to have neighbors who can appreciate nature and come by for a cup of tea or coffee. 4. 'Macrophile' are super easy to propagate using the same principle like in this video or like I did last fall. I was trimming mine and was rushing, had no time to bother with pots,, so I just planted them straight into the ground. And they grew new leaves so fast. I will be digging them up in April-May (Once I start seeing new leaves) but I will plant them into big planters. to put along my driveway or around the pool. Never too many hydrangeas for me :) 5. We live in Atlanta, GA, Zone 7B on 0,5 ace land, I need more land to create beauty :) 6. Happy International Women's Day! And wishing you easy and quick healing, enjoy each moment and keep it simple with gardening!🌺🥀🌹🌷
I would do it if I had to, why not? Just place it in a shaded area and make sure you water it. But of course any propagation is desired to do in the fall. I garden all year round except December and January.
Hello, Thank you for your video . I am very interested in growing crepe myrtles . Do you feel there is a benefit to keeping the leaves on partially or is it ok to totally remove without bruising the stem ? Have you had any luck with seeds of crepe myrtle ? If so , can you do a video please ? Deb
You are welcome. I honestly never tried a different way. One old man showed me this method and because it was always successful, I just blindly follow it. The reason may be that half leaves could still give some nutrients to the new growth.
As for the seeds, I never tried growing from seeds because there were cuttings available. Think of a friend or a neighbor or even any shopping plaza where you see a beautiful crape myrtle. I don't think anyone would mind sharing.
Nodira's Garden you are so very beautiful and gracious! Of course you are from Uzbekistan! The garden is lovely - I see a gorgeous Lilac that needs pruning at a mall by my home - I feel like I need to clip some cuttings from that tree- I’ll try your system! Thanks so much!
A couple of weeks ago, April 2021...i hired supposingly a landscaper who came over to do some work in my garden. One of the jobs was to move my recently planted Purple crape myrtle that I had temporarily planted in my small garden last August. I wanted it moved to my front south exposure that would give it more sun. Not watching him, I peeked to see how he was progressing and i did not see the 2 foot c.m. He said he planted in the front. Now he came during his lunch hour, so he had no tools that i had seen him with and so he had to just pull it out of the ground to move it. Would it survive? I read somewhere that c,m. are very resilient. I did scrape the main 'stem' to see if i would see green, which I did, so I think its still 'alive'...or am I kidding myself.?
Hello, I am sorry to hear about your experience. While I never transplanted the Crape Myrtle in my yard, I don't think you can pull it out with bare hands. You definitely need a shovel. I would just water it regularly and give it a month to show some signs of new growth. Out of 13 Crape Myrtle that I have only 2 were bought as a plant, the rest were propagated from a cutting. So if you want you could propagate some now and have your back up plan going.
@@aridon1981 Thank you...are u suggesting to do this now from that dormant c.m, that may be dead because of the way it was handled? All i see is 3-5 upright stems...barely a node.
@@noel888 if there are no leaves by now then it may be dead. At least in my zone 7b. Because here all Crape Myrtles already have leaves. You will need to find a friend or neighbor and ask for a cutting. There are many FB local groups on garden and trade too.
We live in Florida, moved in December and moved the tree to a new location by a professional. Here it is May 5, and still no sign of life, there is green under the bark, will it live?
Hello, What kind of tree and when you moved it? I assume in Florida anything should have leaves by now. I personally don't like moving big size of plants as it is very risky but if done properly and cared for should be ok.
I hope it lived! One of my crepe myrtle was completely hardy. It survived two transplants and the unexpected snowmaggedon we had here in North Texas this past February 2021. It's sprouting leaves and buds and I want to say it even propagated a separate crepe myrtle close by..I was so impressed. I don't have a green thumb.
Yes, Crape Myrtle I gave away to friends as I had no more space to plant. But Hudrangeas are growing slowly, several leaves are already there. I will let it get stronger and transplant probably in the fall. Honestly I don't know where to plant them yet but if you already have a designated place, you can plant them and water regularly for a month.
Isn't it standard procedure to propogate from a cutting in vegetative state, not flowering? The plant hormones make it thinks it's flowering and dedicates energy to that instead of vegetative or root growth....
Maybe so. And I honestly propagate more in the fall too. But Crape Myrtle and Hydrangea I was given in the summer and the man who gave me cuttings asked me go ahead and plant. You just need to keep them in a shady area. It worked!
Honestly, I very rarely use any rooting hormone, simply because I forget about it and I am so caught up in the process. So, it works just fine without any hormones.
@@aridon1981 I enjoyed your video so much! I plan to try this using 20 % worm castings in the potting mix, rather than a root hormone, and see how they do. I compost with worms, so I have plenty. You are inspiring me to grow more flowers.
@@texaspatty4697 I am happy to hear that. One can never have enough of hydrangeas and with all these new varieties coming up in the market, the more reason to try more.
@@aridon1981 I really liked the music you chose! It was beautiful and soft, not distracting from your explanations and it matched perfectly the beauty of your garden and your presentation :)
Great video! I love Crape Myrtles! They are my favorite flowering tree and shrub. I have 9 of them. Two are Black Diamond Crape Myrtles. For some reason I never thought to propagated them. Thanks for the info!
Thank you. I had a neighbor who had like 20 different types of Crape Myrtle. So when I asked for a cutting, he brought me a whole bouquet of them 🙂.
Here in Georgia not a lot of plants thrive in July and August due to high temperatures. So Crape Myrtle is a game changer.
Nodira's Garden I’m in SoCal, zone 9b. Triple digits for weeks! I plant tropicals, so I’ll have blooms during this time of summer. My Crape Myrtles, hibiscuses, Cannas, Lantana, and a few others are thriving right now.
@@thebusybrownangel5829 You must be watering consistently? It must be gorgeous.
Nodira's Garden watering vegetables and containers every morning and in ground flowers and trees every other day. It’s a chore, but a labor of love. You can check out my garden on my channel if you like.
@@aridon1981 I'm just south of you by Gville. I had my husband hook up a drip system going to all my Hydrangeas, hedge rows, beds, and potted plants. Then we put on timers. Now instead of watering for 4 hours I can do something else like make cuttings. It was the best thing we ever did. ☘🌿☘
Жуда чиройли.кулларингиз дард курмасин😍
Again , absolutely enjoy watching your video , it’s great to know more idea of how to propagate Hydrangea .
Thank you so much for an informative video. I have been searching for Georgia gardening advice and feel blessed to have found your channel. I look forwarded to seeing all your videos.
Thank you, I am glad to be useful.
Nice method for semi-hardwood cuttings.
Good
Beautiful woman with beautiful flowers Thanks for sharing
I like the way you demostrate how to plant flowers, very easy, no rocket science. I'll be trying a few cuttings of Crape Myrtles...Thank you, and I will keep watching your videos.
You won’t regret having Crape Myrtle in your garden. Thanks for kind feedback.🌿
Nice love the music too
Love to see update of this video
I'm in Maryland zone 7. I have been trying to propagate small cuttings and waiting to see how that works. I like the way you demonstrated your longer branch propagation. I'm going to try it! It's October now can I take the branches like you did and add them to the soil? Will they survive the winter? Thanks for your help.
Absolutely! Do it now or any time until late November. I honestly propagate whenever I have time for it. Just make sure you water the soil if it doesn’t rain occasionally. And put them in a good soil not hard clay type of soil.
Good luck 🌷
Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very nice video,
Thank you ⚘
Beautiful 🌹
Сама как FLOVERS🤩😍😊👏👏👏👍👍👍😘
Rahmat, opam😘
Very nice
I see you use no root growth hormone. I didn't know you could propagate without it ..?
Guess it's worth a try..ty
Thank you so much for the great and helpful video. I was wondering about planting these and whether I need to bring them in during the winter or leave them out to continue getting the moisture? Thanks so much.
I'm glad you liked it. It is pleasant to share experience with others. If your winter temperatures don't drop below 0°F, you should be fine to leave those pots outside. And if you get dry winter water them occasionally, so it doesn't dry out completely. Good luck ⚘
@@aridon1981 Thank you.
I put out 8 pots with cuttings about a week ago, trimmed leaves as you did, and covered with mulch and watered daily. (I sterilized the scissors with alcohol before cutting). I leave them in the shade of a tree, outdoors. The leaves turn brown and fall off, and the soil isn't overly damp... is it too dry or too wet? Thank you very much for your help.
@@Clyde_Lewis Hi, so leaves will all fall off, for a moment you may think it's completely dead, but in the Spring you will see the buds coming out. If you see that the soil isn't dry, do not water it. We don't want them to rot. The key is to keep it moist to prevent from drying out completely.
Thanks
Hi. New subscriber!!! I really want to do this for these hydrangeas limelight flowers so I can put some beautiful hydrangeas in my front yard and back yard. I’m going to try to do this I hope 🤞 I do it the right way ❤️💗
Welcome and yes, do try this. You can never go wrong with Limelight Hydrangeas. I will be taking an update video soon to show my last year cuttings! They are super cute and already blooming!!!
Phool ko mali kati ramri ho....sarai maan paryo hajur lai...
1:30 First in life Seeing white crepe Myrtle.
Those are limelight hydrangeas. Not white crape myrtles
There are white crepe myrtles. They are called Natchez white.
Great video! My crepe myrtle is growing many tall "sprouts" from the bottom. I usually just prune them off to keep the tree style. Can I use these sprouts to propagate rather than cut a flowering branch? Thank you!
I wouldn't try using those as they are not mature in my opinion. If you don't want to cut the branch because of the flowers, then wait for the fall and trim. I always used a solid branch.
Me Encanto 👏👏👏 Thank You
I also live in Ga. I am new to gardening. I just did a propagation in the last days of August. Can I still plant in ground in the four to six weeks?
Welcome to the club! No, you will have to wait until spring.
@@aridon1981 Thanks! So I can just keep it in their containers and bring them inside or I can leave them outside in their containers?
You leave them outside over the winter. Make sure you water them occasionally if it doesn't rain. Like twice a month or something.
☺👍
Thank you so much
*Wish you explained all in more 'depth' (ha, ha no pun intended : ) Exactly what did you use for "potting" soil. How many months until roots, did you ever re-pot because plants became root-bound, how long before you actually potted back into ground,* not just another bigger pot? You obviously know what you're doing so I kind of want to know the easiest things for me to understand and do. I wish I were your neighbor so I could watch over your shoulder (and also enjoy your garden with a cup of tea in hand - beautiful!) If you have or know of a video that explains more details for a gardener like me who does ok but doesn't have any experience propagating, would you please pass on that info to me, pretty please : ) I would like to grow a clone of my beautiful blue-purple 'Macrophile' I bought almost 20 yrs ago. It's getting too old now and I would like to keep it's "blood line" growing, thank you Nodira! A web-site like yours that I can listen to & understand but in more "depth" is be perfect.
ps where are you now that YOU can grow all these beautiful healthy specimens of Hydrangeas & Crape Myrtles: Seattle? Raleigh? Hartford? Mackinaw Island? I'm having fun collaborating -- been under the weather for 2 yrs too long with the Pandemic & Chemo from a rare type breast cancer. Again, thanks Nodira : D
Hi Katherine, Thanks for your interest and feedback. Let me see if I can answer your questions. 1. I try to keep gardening simple. So U se whatever spoil I have handy. Sometimes I mix top soil with mushroom compost, sand. If I have a potting soil, I use that. 2. Yes, I transplant them into their permanent place in ground once I start seeing vigorous growth. Typically, within few months, you will see new leaves etc. Until then, don't worry about roots getting root-bound. It may happen if you keep there for 2-3 years. Sometimes, I transplant them in a big planter, as I don't have any more space in ground to plant it. So that's ok too, just know that it will not grow too big as it would if it was in the ground. Like Crape Myrtle. 3. I would like to have neighbors who can appreciate nature and come by for a cup of tea or coffee. 4. 'Macrophile' are super easy to propagate using the same principle like in this video or like I did last fall. I was trimming mine and was rushing, had no time to bother with pots,, so I just planted them straight into the ground. And they grew new leaves so fast. I will be digging them up in April-May (Once I start seeing new leaves) but I will plant them into big planters. to put along my driveway or around the pool. Never too many hydrangeas for me :) 5. We live in Atlanta, GA, Zone 7B on 0,5 ace land, I need more land to create beauty :) 6. Happy International Women's Day! And wishing you easy and quick healing, enjoy each moment and keep it simple with gardening!🌺🥀🌹🌷
So your in Georgia and doing this in the Summer. Would you recommend doing this in July in New York?
I would do it if I had to, why not? Just place it in a shaded area and make sure you water it. But of course any propagation is desired to do in the fall. I garden all year round except December and January.
Spring thru Fall is supposedly the prime time to do cuttings.
Assalomu alaykum opa xaraktizda baraka tilaymiz
Vaaleykum assalam. Rahmat ukam, kupti qatorida barchamizga barokotli bulsin ishlarimiz.
Киргилидан салом
Salom.🌷
Can you do an update on these propagation?
In Georgia is it ok to leave the hydrangea plant outside during winter.
All of my hydrangeas are in ground outside. Zone 7b.
Hello,
Thank you for your video . I am very interested in growing crepe myrtles . Do you feel there is a benefit to keeping the leaves on partially or is it ok to totally remove without bruising the stem ?
Have you had any luck with seeds of crepe myrtle ? If so , can you do a video please ?
Deb
You are welcome. I honestly never tried a different way. One old man showed me this method and because it was always successful, I just blindly follow it.
The reason may be that half leaves could still give some nutrients to the new growth.
As for the seeds, I never tried growing from seeds because there were cuttings available. Think of a friend or a neighbor or even any shopping plaza where you see a beautiful crape myrtle. I don't think anyone would mind sharing.
😍☺️😘👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌐🇺🇿👋UZBEKISTAN
How many colors do have crape myrtle?
Are you from Uzbekistan?
Yes, I am.
Nodira's Garden you are so very beautiful and gracious! Of course you are from Uzbekistan! The garden is lovely - I see a gorgeous Lilac that needs pruning at a mall by my home - I feel like I need to clip some cuttings from that tree- I’ll try your system! Thanks so much!
@@gypsyvanneraddict thank you, I am glad to be helpful.
A couple of weeks ago, April 2021...i hired supposingly a landscaper who came over to do some work in my garden. One of the jobs was to move my recently planted Purple crape myrtle that I had temporarily planted in my small garden last August. I wanted it moved to my front south exposure that would give it more sun. Not watching him, I peeked to see how he was progressing and i did not see the 2 foot c.m. He said he planted in the front. Now he came during his lunch hour, so he had no tools that i had seen him with and so he had to just pull it out of the ground to move it. Would it survive? I read somewhere that c,m. are very resilient. I did scrape the main 'stem' to see if i would see green, which I did, so I think its still 'alive'...or am I kidding myself.?
Hello,
I am sorry to hear about your experience. While I never transplanted the Crape Myrtle in my yard, I don't think you can pull it out with bare hands. You definitely need a shovel. I would just water it regularly and give it a month to show some signs of new growth.
Out of 13 Crape Myrtle that I have only 2 were bought as a plant, the rest were propagated from a cutting. So if you want you could propagate some now and have your back up plan going.
@@aridon1981 Thank you...are u suggesting to do this now from that dormant c.m, that may be dead because of the way it was handled? All i see is 3-5 upright stems...barely a node.
@@noel888 if there are no leaves by now then it may be dead. At least in my zone 7b. Because here all Crape Myrtles already have leaves. You will need to find a friend or neighbor and ask for a cutting. There are many FB local groups on garden and trade too.
We live in Florida, moved in December and moved the tree to a new location by a professional. Here it is May 5, and still no sign of life, there is green under the bark, will it live?
Hello,
What kind of tree and when you moved it? I assume in Florida anything should have leaves by now. I personally don't like moving big size of plants as it is very risky but if done properly and cared for should be ok.
@@aridon1981 We moved our Crepe Myrtle in December and were very careful. It bloomed late last year too, I just don't remember when
@@adamtominsky2812 that's weird. Florida should be before us. Your Crape Myrtle should at least have some leaves by now.
I hope it lived! One of my crepe myrtle was completely hardy. It survived two transplants and the unexpected snowmaggedon we had here in North Texas this past February 2021. It's sprouting leaves and buds and I want to say it even propagated a separate crepe myrtle close by..I was so impressed. I don't have a green thumb.
In india in which month cutting to propagate
Wish it was that easy. I have no luck 😐
Can I put the crape myrtle cuttings in water with rooting hormone instead of right into soil?
I put mine in paver sand and so far rooting well.
Nodira, would you mind giving an update on these cuttings?
Yes, Crape Myrtle I gave away to friends as I had no more space to plant. But Hudrangeas are growing slowly, several leaves are already there. I will let it get stronger and transplant probably in the fall. Honestly I don't know where to plant them yet but if you already have a designated place, you can plant them and water regularly for a month.
Hello from Texas! Can you propagate magnolia trees?
Hello, never tried that one. But comes fall give it a try. You never know.
Isn't it standard procedure to propogate from a cutting in vegetative state, not flowering? The plant hormones make it thinks it's flowering and dedicates energy to that instead of vegetative or root growth....
Maybe so. And I honestly propagate more in the fall too. But Crape Myrtle and Hydrangea I was given in the summer and the man who gave me cuttings asked me go ahead and plant. You just need to keep them in a shady area. It worked!
No need for rooting hormone?
Honestly, I very rarely use any rooting hormone, simply because I forget about it and I am so caught up in the process. So, it works just fine without any hormones.
@@aridon1981 I enjoyed your video so much!
I plan to try this using 20 % worm castings in the potting mix, rather than a root hormone, and see how they do. I compost with worms, so I have plenty. You are inspiring me to grow more flowers.
@@texaspatty4697 I am happy to hear that. One can never have enough of hydrangeas and with all these new varieties coming up in the market, the more reason to try more.
Will you have update for this? Thanks
Shame crepe myrtles flowers fall off in a few hours, I wish someone told me to tie them together to make one tree trunk
they grow fast, try again
Nodira, qalamchalardan manga ham please :)
Albatta, Donohon. Hamma rangidan beraman.
That hydrangea is screaming for some water.
Mamato bokhoram dokhi
loved the video but that music was annoying and boring!
🙂 sorry, melody choices are limired due to copyright 🤦♀️
@@aridon1981 I didn't even notice the music! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm new to gardening and want to propagate my limelight hydrangea! 🤗
@@future7ify thank you. Sure, try it and you will have it. Just keep it in a shaded area and don't let it to dry out.
@@aridon1981 I really liked the music you chose! It was beautiful and soft, not distracting from your explanations and it matched perfectly the beauty of your garden and your presentation :)
@@brifren2 thank you, appreciate your feedback. 🌷