Forsythia Cuttings Rhs. Prepare greenwood cuttings as you would softwood cuttings but make them a bit longer generally 7 5 12 5cm 3 5in long. Fill the pot to within one half inch 1 2 cm of the top with perlite or sand.
Prepare a pot before you take your cuttings so they won t dry out while you work. Pruning forsythia right can make them a real asset to the garden says matthew wilson. We aim to enrich everyone s life through plants and make the uk a greener and more beautiful place.
In june or july take 4 to 6 inch 10 to 15 cm cuttings from the tips of the current year s growth.
Despite its many virtues fast growing tough easy to cultivate forsythia seems to suffer from a major image problem to the point that some gardeners actively loathe it. Genus forsythia are deciduous shrubs with simple occasionally lobed leaves and short tubular yellow flowers with 4 spreading lobes borne profusely before the leaves in spring. Prepare greenwood cuttings as you would softwood cuttings but make them a bit longer generally 7 5 12 5cm 3 5in long. In june or july take 4 to 6 inch 10 to 15 cm cuttings from the tips of the current year s growth.