Mahonia

Can you take cutting of a Mahonia, when and how please, I've got one that looks like it not to well and would like to take cutting from another plant to replace the one that looks sick

 

Here you are - from the 'expert' herself!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016dmy0

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thanks AA,
Jenny

 

Thank you Alex, just what i wanted , I now have 4 cutting on the go i hope the weather picks up a bit

 

This was on gardeners world a few nights ago. They had a nice type of Mahonia

 

I took some cuttings a few years ago from my M. "charity".

It needed cutting back so I used the prunings in April.
I just cut the stem in sections each with a leaf joint, the buried the piece,in pots, leaving the leaf protruding.
They took about 3 months to show new shoots.
The resulting plants flowered in about three years, as I remember.

Its not a rapid process, so for the price of a new plant you have to wonder if its really worth it.