I absolutely love my boxwood shrubs!  Today I noted that my boxwood arrangement had started to grow and get new green growth on the tips.

Apparently, you can fairly easily propagate boxwood from healthy stems.  However, it takes approximately five to seven years to produce a large boxwood plant.

I do not have any rooting hormone available to dip the stems in but my research shows they can still grow without that.

Finding the Right Size Crock

I have a bunch of tera cotta planters out back so I found one the right size.

I am also out of potting soil.

So I filled my planter with a good top soil which I had a bag of.

This soil actually looks pretty good to me.

Planter Filled with Top Soil

Cut the boxwood stems into pieces about 4 to 5-inches long.

Remove the side shoots and bottom leaves.

At this point dips the ends in growth hormones if you have any.

Plant clippings firmly in your crock and water well

Cover the crock with a clear plastic bag to mimic a greenhouse type environment.  I’m also growing my crock of boxwood clipping inside for awhile.

Boxwood Cuttings Under a Plastic Bag

Of course, I have recycled a clear plastic bag for this use.

Be sure to check and water your plantings as needed.  They should not be too wet or too dry.

In four to eight weeks there should be root growth and eventually a new mini boxwood shrub.

When roots appears, replant in a larger crock or plant directly into the soil in a sunny location.

Newly Planted Boxwood Clippings

Interestingly enough, some boxwood have patents on them so be sure to only propagate those without patents.

Now to see how many of my clippings will grow roots.

Check back to Farmhouse Magic Blog for an update on these boxwood clippings.

Boxwood Clippings on 1-17-2021

Update on 1-17-2021 – The boxwood clippings have some light green new growth on the ends.

I didn’t check for roots yet.

Update on 3-26-2021 – I finished up this project today.

I had grown two boxwood cuttings with roots.  One had very long roots to it.  The other one had slight roots.

The plant with the most roots, was the one pushed way down into the crock soil.  It was almost on the bottom of the crock.

I tossed the rest of the clippings out as they had not sprouted roots.

I planted the two rooted boxwoods in a planter on my deck.

March 26, 2021 Root Growth