Philadelphus help needed to propagate.

[Digeroo]

I have a Belle Etoile.  I love it but I have never managed to get a cutting to take.  Does anyone have any hints please?

[Digeroo]

[Palustris]

Semi-ripe cuttings seem to work Take them now. the pieces should be light brown in the stem rather than green.
If that does not work then try a ripe cutting in September. Take a piece about 12 to 15 inches long of darker brown stuff and put it into the soil in a shady spot.
If there are branches near to the ground then you can also layer them. Scrape some bark off the bottom of a branch and peg it to the ground.

[Digeroo]

Thanks for the suggestion I will try the layering have in the past taken hundred of cutting at every time of year and only got a dry twig in the end.

[Palustris]

I will take some cuttings for you and root them. If they take then I could probably almost certainly find a way of sending you some.

[valmarg]

Is Belle Etoile the double variety?  Because, if it is, Palustris, I should be extremely grateful for a rooted cutting.

valmarg

[Palustris]

No, Belle Etoil is one with a purple centre to the flower.
I do have other Philadelphus which have double flowers, they are all dwarf varieties though, rather than the tall P. virginalis type.

[valmarg]

Well, could I be really cheeky, and say I wouldn't mind a rooted cutting of both, ;D

valmarg

[Palustris]

Will take some then. Not sure of success though, some of them are harder to do than others. Will post when they have rooted (if).

[valmarg]

Thanks ever so Palustris.  Will appreciate anything, and if there is anything I can swap, just let me know.

valmarg

[Palustris]

Am looking for rooted Deutzia chunnii(nangpoensis) or Deutzia denbeigii, but no one seems to even have the plants.

[valmarg]

Sorry, I've only got one Deutzia, and I think it's scabra, which is also the most commonly available.

If you think of anything else, let me know.

valmarg