Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Rooting plants...the trials and tribulations thereof..., 2 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Chantelle--

I would love to trim the taller shoots off of my re-growing Camellia.
They are, at this time, not soft-wood, but hard-wood. They are starting to leaf out--still
in the tight bud-leaf stage.
I know Camellias are not so easy to root. Happy suggested ait-layering (I may try that...)
or bending a branch down and covering it with soil to root.
This is not possible--as none of the branches reach the ground.

Have you ever rooted a her-wood cutting of a camellia, Chantelle????
I need to do something--very soon!!!
The air-laering (nick, moist sphagnum moss, plastic tied around it on both ends)
seems the best to me at this time. There will not be any bloom this year--as it spent the last year
growing new stems like gang-busters.

Any advice???? Thanks, Gita

These were taken in April. They are more leaf-ready now.