Hardwood plant cuttings These are the key to starting plants like roses, forsythia, privet, olive, wisteria, spirea, hemlock and many other deciduous and needled trees and shrubs.

Hardwood cuttings work best with woody shrubs like viburnum, rose, forsythia, dogwood and butterfly bush. Trees like fig, mulberry and willow are also easily propagated with hardwood cuttings.