Hardwood cuttings come from wood that is fully ripened and sometimes even several years old.
Bonsai hardwood cuttings.
Take these during autumn and winter.
There are 3 types of stem cuttings commonly used softwood cuttings semi ripe and hardwood cuttings.
This is very common in plant nurseries because you can mass produce plants for very little cost.
For bonsai however it is stem cuttings that are normally used.
Before we start propagating trees from cuttings let s look at the stages of development of young trees first.
Some hardwood cuttings can be prepared and planted after their growth season late summer.
In this process you place a small limb that you cut off into the dirt and over time it will grow its own roots.
Many bonsai enthusiasts however successfully take cuttings at what is supposed to be the wrong time of year recycling prunings from their existing bonsai rather than throwing them on the compost heap.
From cutting to bonsai.
So if you are trimming your bonsai and you would like to propagate some of your trees here is how you go about it.
Read the bonsai tree species guide for timing.
Fortunately several species of trees can be propagated by winter cuttings or hardwood cuttings.
One of the easiest ways to reproduce a bonsai for free is to grow it from cuttings.