I was doing some reading a few days ago on propagating Camphor tress and it talked about cuttings having "heels" would work best. What is a heel?
propagation terminology...
Instead of just cutting a limb off, you would slice or pull the limb off to where you get a piece of the cambium layer where the limb is attached.
Here is an easy definition of it.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/terms/go/445/
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/plantfinder/lavender_4.asp
http://books.google.com/books?id=B9tBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=heel+cutting&source=web&ots=Ks3xw5IbXC&sig=919kfl9vDCUghEG3ewUxZkp-cUo&hl=en#PPA19,M1
Oh, so you want to take a little part of the branch with the cutting. Thanks.
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