

Layering is a very safe way to propagate plants since it is usually successful. The only disadvantage is that you can't make quite as many as you could if you made cuttings.
Since this dogwood had plenty of roots I just placed it in a pot for the next couple weeks. I could have put it right into the garden but its new home wasn't ready yet!

Red twig dogwoods (Cornus stolonifera) are very easily raised from stem cuttings. Here is a picture of the 11 stem cuttings I took yesterday. Each cutting has at least two nodes (nodes are the growth points which can create leaves and roots).
Since some are longer than others I'll observe which one's root quicker and use that as a guideline for future cuttings.
I placed them in sand after putting some rooting hormone on them and in a couple weeks there should be some good root growth happening. Later in the week I'll show you the previous red twig dogwood cuttings I've made. They are doing very well! I may be able to plant them in the ground this spring.