![]() ![]() Make it one of your winter jobs in the garden as late winter, or in early spring when the first shoots are starting to appear, is the best time. To produce the most twigs and the best colored twigs, prune every year or every second year. Pruning shrubs in the right way makes a huge difference to their effectiveness and also governs the size of the plant, and red twig dogwood are no exception. (Image credit: Future) Pruning red twig dogwood In the autumn, dig them up and plant them promptly in your chosen place.Some, perhaps all, will start to shoot in spring showing that they’re rooting. Do nothing more until spring unless conditions are very dry, when watering will be helpful. ![]() When the cuttings are in place, use your foot to press down on the soil and close the slit.Insert the cuttings in the slit 6in (15cm) apart, right way up. In a bright corner of the yard, use your garden spade to make a narrow slit in the soil.If the stem is long enough, repeat the process but discard the fine whippy tips. Snip just above a leaf joint about 9in (23cm) from the base to form a cutting. At intervals along the stem you’ll see the pairs of small buds opposite each other where the leaves used to be. Using your best secateurs, cut a few of the stems off near the base of the plant.The best time to start is in late fall, immediately after the leaves have dropped. Once you have one plant of red twig dogwood, it’s not difficult to make more. Red twig dogwood companion plants how to#(Image credit: Alamy) How to propagate red twig dogwood
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