Pipe bushes, also called false jasmine or farmer's jasmine, look very decorative not only as a single shrub, but also as a hedge. To obtain several plants, simply propagate an existing pipe bush yourself. This is a guaranteed way to propagate.
How to propagate a pipe bush?
To propagate a pipe bush, you should cut cuttings that are about 20 cm long and have only slightly woody shoot tips. Stick them in potting soil or directly into the bed, cover them with a plastic cover and plant them out next spring.
Propagate pipe bush through cuttings or sowing?
Basically, you can of course try to propagate pipe bushes through seeds. As a rule, however, propagation by cuttings is preferred as it is much less complicated.
This also gives you pure offshoots. This is especially important if you have a non-poisonous variety in your garden.
When propagated by seeds, there is no guarantee that the shrubs grown in this way are also non-toxic.
Propagate pipe bush through cuttings
- Cut cuttings
- Place in potting soil or in the bed
- With plastic hood
- Plant out the following spring
The best time to take cuttings is after the flowering period. To do this, approximately 20 centimeter long shoot tips are cut, which are only slightly woody at the bottom.
The lower leaves are removed and the shoot tips are either placed in small pots with potting soil (€6.00 on Amazon) or directly in a protected place in the garden.
Provide the cuttings with a plastic cap so that they root more quickly. You then don't need to water the plants. You should only ventilate the hood occasionally to prevent the tips of the shoots from becoming moldy.
Planting out next spring
The young plants can be planted in the prepared location in the garden the following spring.
However, it can take two years until the first flowering occurs.
Sowing pipe bush
The flowers of the pipe bush develop into capsule fruits in which the seeds, which are up to three millimeters long, ripen. You can harvest the capsules in autumn and let them dry indoors over winter.
Most pipe bushes grown in private gardens, however, are hybrids that hardly produce germinable seeds. You can also purchase pure seeds in stores.
The seeds are sown in spring in seed pots. As soon as the plants are large enough, they are repotted and planted in the intended location the following spring.
Tip
The pipe bush is a native plant and is one of the ecologically valuable ornamental shrubs in the garden. Its flowers attract many bumblebees and bees.