Easy Limelight Hydrangea Propagation \\ Paniculata \\ Propagate Hydrangeas 

Thanks for watching!! Glad it's helpful.

Great! Thanks

Awesome video.. can I do it now n middle tn area? Ty much

Thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

YOu lose nothing by trying! Happy growing.

Glad it was helpful!

Have fun! Make a bunch of 'em!

@Garden-,Oasis,what is sticking? My brother cuts back his Confederate Roses,which is a type of hybiscuss I think. He just pushes them down in some dirt until they root. An I'm talking about in the ground. And they root! He gives them away also.

@@patriciashelton6644 sticking is short for “stick them in some soil/dirt”. Like you said just push them into the ground or a pot.

@@patriciashelton6644 and we call confederate roses “rose of Sharon” over here in the north east. And you’re right, confederate roses do really well as dormant cuttings too.

Mato tomato what does it matter what you call it?

@@teresaholland4790 it really doesn’t matter what it’s called. I mentioned it as a bit of fyi for her, for future reference, if she ever came across a video where someone is saying “rose of Sharon”, then she’d know what they were referring to.

I would love to also know how. I'm trying to propagate crape Myrtles and these. I'm.having no luck

​@@leannabrannon5470 For the Crepe Myrtles, I used a mixture of sand (bag playground sand) and coco coir. Took a large Hiwaiian Punch bottle and made a cut half way across the front so that I could tilt the top up, but it would go back into place when I released it. Put a couple of holes in the bottom for drainage if you want but I didn't. I left the cap off of it once I stuck the Crepe Myrtles in it. Just put them in a shady area and left them for the summer underneath my hydrangeas. Checked occasionally to be sure the sand was still damp inside. Then one day they all had roots I could see from the bottom of the bottle.

Heck yeah!! That's great. I love weigela... I haven't given them much, if any, attention in recent years. I need to get them back into my rotation. Variegated and Alexandra are my favorites.

@@savvydirtfarmer I have variegated (which I bought last year) and what was growing in my yard when I bought this house, which I will need to identify as to what variety it is before I begin selling it. Thank you for sharing in my success! 🙏

Not even close, but thanks!

Sure thing!

You’re welcome 😊

You can do it!

How long did it take yours to propagate? Ty 🌺

@@savvydirtfarmer love your videos .. I subbed

Buy rooting powder, cover them completelly with something clear. No need to water as they will 'self-mist'. Keep them out of the direct sun. 4-6 weeks the roots should be there.

Yes!!! Great comments on a lot of my videos- my viewers teach me, too!

Easy to sell. Easy to grow. People love them!

Totally agree. That's one thing that makes them a "can't miss" plant for nurseries.

Thank u this is good information how do u get the blue and white flowers

@@aminamohammed7892the blue ones are the mophead hydrangea. You need acid soil for those to turn blue.

great!

Did you just stick them in the garden soil like another commenter? Or did you go through this process like the video describes?

@@cejanuary9378 I rooted mine like hes doing here and once they got good amount of roots in the small cell I moved them to the ground. They exploded once I did that, Ive got a bunch in pots as we speak and they do ok but they love my ground/dirt better, At least that's been my experience here in north georgia. That will probaly vary depending on location i guess? I also dont have a mist system. I just water every few days as I keep mine on my back porch up against my house. They never get direct sunlight.

@@randyman8984 thank you! I want to multiply my limelight and I'm further north than you (Massachusetts) so maybe I can get away with no mist system, too.

May be helpful with hardwood cuttings, but with these, I leave the top leaves on, and they always grow upward.

I've never tried. When the days are hot, I would think they're going to dry out. They would need 100% shade and probably watered lightly multiple times a day.

Fertilizer isn't hurting anything, but it's not doing anything either, so generally, it's just a waste. I use miracle grow because it's readily available and it's about the consistency I want. I don't care about the fertilizer, but the peat and perlite I do like! Makes nice, tight plugs.

Thanks and welcome

The mixture I use has a lot of chunks in it and the green cutting is fairly flimsy. Just easier to push a little hole through... takes about 45 seconds to do the whole tray.

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you. I did a cutting shortly after watching your video. Other than the very top of the plant it was all very woody so it was very strong (not flimsy). I proceeded anyway and I'm just crossing my fingers since you said yours was green and flimsy. We shall see. Thank you for the quick reply!!

I did a video on patented plants a few months ago... can't remember if I went to the patent site or not. The date that matters is the application date of the plant. Patents are good for 20 years.

I thought you did, I’ll look it up again. Thanks for the quick response! I’m just starting my backyard almost nursery :) thanks again!

Man, I need some phantoms!! If you do them as hardwoods, that is a winter time thing, and it needs to be on same year's growth. So once dormant, take cuttings from the part of the plant that is growing right now.

They need shade for propagating or heavily filtered sun at most. Not very specific timing… just when the new growth hardens off a bit… not too flimsy, not woody hard

Yes maam. I root a lot of things in that, or in sand. Anything that drains well but remains moist but not soaked will work for most applications. And, I'm learning too!

All I can do is say, "look at all my hydrangeas." They are all single node propagated.

@@savvydirtfarmer I was about to say the same thing about having one node in the medium to root but then you addressed that in the video. I just did 10 cuttings of the * Summer variety and it's been almost 2 weeks and I"m seeing new leaf growth from the upper nodes now. Best thing is these were from a few branches that were not cut back earlier in the spring I clipped and I left them laying by the bushes for a couple of days. I was about to pick them all up and toss them but had just mixed up some coir and sand so decided to try to root a few. I found the firmest part of the new growth, used two nodes and stuck 10 plants. All of the leafs (cut in half) are now perked up firm and new growth has started. Glad to know they can also be rooted with only one node. * Also I'm just doing these for myself and the fun of it so no big deal if they don't make it.

@@savvydirtfarmerHi Mr. Savvy, I must have missed something, but i didn't see you put a leaf node of any of those cuttings under the soil?

@@beckysmith7142 correct. With hydrangeas, there's no need for a node under the soil.

@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks, i get it now!!!

I’ve tried rooting hormones- no noticeable difference for me.

Hydrangeas will root with the single node above soil as I show, or with 2 nodes. I've done it both ways and both ways work well. The two node thing is one of those myths that people repeat over and over again because everyone says it over and over again. It's like heat lightning (no such thing). Single node works very, very well.

The only way to 100% id them correctly is to have their original labels, or to otherwise be certain. You just can't sell a hydrangea as a "white hydrangea." Just doesn't work that way in the nursery world for a number of reasons.

No good suggestions on hydrangeas right now... everybody is out of everything it seems! Mister? Propagation/Irrigation timer. Has to have setting capabilities for intermittent mist. Simple google search will return you several options.

@@savvydirtfarmer awesome thanks!

Let them grow out and get pretty stout roots on them first. I'd give them about two years.

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you! Hope to get some grow lights put up in our heated shop and hopefully be able to overwinter these. I appreciate your help.

I leave most everything outside all year

Limelight is a variety of PG (Paniculata Grandiflora) as is Phantom, Silver Dollar, and many others. You can propagate them easily as long as they aren’t under patent. A generic PG is not, and they are beautiful!

I would never take cuttings off of any plant that I did not know Exactly what it was.

I don't know exactly what "river sand" is, as sand is called and branded by all sorts of different names in different parts of the country. It just need to drain well. If it drains well, maybe has some small pebbles in it, needs to be coarse and not powdery - it'll work.

yes. Mist until they have roots... just a few tiny roots is all you need. then get them out of the mist into partial shade and grow bigger roots. then, pot, fertilize, etc....

None at all... maybe eventually, but everything I propagate seems to work fine without it.

I would wait. They overwinter very well in containers.

i dont know. I just look up the patent# and find out the date of application. ALso, for nursery purposes, you wouldn't want to propagate plants that were already established, unless you had documentation of their exact name and cultivar, including botanical name. You can't be certain what they are otherwise - there are thousands of plants that look so similar.

Ground pine bark; around here it is sold as "soil conditioner."

I just leave them in their trays out in the open... no winterizing at all. You can cover with plastic if you like, in a low tunnel... probably better.

Correct. For example, a couple years ago there was a very popular weigela, trademarked "wine and roses." Its patent expired. Its botanical name is "Alexandra," so, you can propagate them and sell them as weigela Alexandra.

So What name do you use for Limelight?

The limelight patent expired last february (2021)... free to propagate now.

@@savvydirtfarmer Sweet!!! Wowie kazowie I'm starting my propagation assembly line today!!! 😁😉🤣

One for my garden hose, one for my mist system, one to fill a bucket, or whatever

I've tried. Can't see any noticeable difference

Leave them alone at this point. They need to grow.

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you

No hydrangea cuttings or liners to sale... wish I did.

I only use 1 pine bark, and it’s ground into 1/4’ or smaller pieces

I would pot them now

@@savvydirtfarmer should I prune them now or wait till after they bloom?

@@hosta127 Blooms are irrelevant in the early stages of growth. Are they in a pan? If they are, you need to get them out of there and get them potted now.

@@savvydirtfarmer thanks as always!

I live in West TN. Sorry if I misspoke!

I'm looking for some new parts to it now! The misters were gifted to me and I do not know

In summer as softwood, winter as hard wood

I don't use it.

@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks, savvy you!! I'm going on a propagating blitz this week!

I do not. I have tried and can't tell any difference.

Right now I mainly have paniculatas, which are sun loving hydrangeas that can take all day sun. The problem for us has been excessive heat. So, some plants I'm having to water twice a day, which I have never had to do before. This heat has been hard on ALL of my plants.

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you for replying. Wish you and your plants good health!

Local nursery, maybe??

Limelight is free to propagate and sell by the name Limelight. Pinky Winky? Still under patent until October of 2024, then its name, not sure... but sounds like a trademark protected name to me.

@@savvydirtfarmer thanks you so much dear friend, very helpful, I am a home maker with 2 babies, started a small backyard plant sale week ago ,just to full-fill my garden expenses, I am doing it for my passion, I have filled my garden with PW plant bcoz I love them so much, I have gone through your other videos how to check patient and trademarks related stuff, whenever you get time please help to share what other PW plants we can sell other than Wine and rose weigels and lime light. Ur response will be highly appreciated and thanks a lot for your kind help,

Oh no! Keep trying... you'll get it.

I read once that you could put them in a clear plastic tub with a lid and make sure you put it in a shady spot with no direct sunlight or they'll fry in the summer. But that would keep the humidity in so you don't have to mist them as much and keep them from drying up (as long as they don't get direct light!).

Method shown in this video is for warm/summer propagation. Otherwise, you can propagate cuttings of many plants, including these, as hardwoods in winter.

No... I never use it.

Maybe 10?? Looking to increase that number A LOT!!

@@savvydirtfarmer can you name them?

@@virgmendez81 Well, let's see... hostas (many varieties), astilbes, arborvitaes (3 varieties), junipers, hydrangeas (several varieties), burning bush, dianthus, dappled willows, weigela, probably others... I don't do all of those every year, but I do most years and have successfully done all of these. Also dwarf alberta spruce (that's a hard one) and boxwood... crapemyrtle...

Nice!!!

Love your channel!

No plants for sale right now. Sorry.