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.
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(Image credit: Alamy) How to propagate red twig dogwood Finally, mulching with chipped or shredded bark or other mulch will retain moisture and deter weeds.Follow our guide to composting if you want to make your own. Mix some garden compost with the soil and use this to fill the space around the roots.Add or remove dirt so that the rootball is just a little below the general soil level. Remove the plant from the pot and stand it in the hole.Use a garden fork to loosen the soil in the base of the hole, add garden compost and mix this with your garden soil.Dig a hole twice the width of the pot in which your dogwood is growing, and 50% deeper than the depth of the pot.This will give it a flying start before you follow the below planting method. Check the dilution rate on the pack, then water the plant well. The day before you plan to plant your new red twig dogwood, fertilize it by adding plant food to a watering can of water. It is widely grown as an ornamental plant, whose available cultivars have been selected for their winter glowing colors.(Image credit: Alamy) How to plant red twig dogwood Cornus sanguinea is a species of dogwood native to most of Europe and western Asia.Alternatively, if severe pruning seems to onerous, one quarter or one third of the oldest stems could be pruned in early spring of each year, to stimulate the growth of new stems. This radical pruning, however, means that you will have a bare spot in the garden for a few weeks and miss the creamy-white flowers or attractive berries since they only form on second-year growth. For the best display, cut the stems flush to the ground every 2-3 years in early spring, just as the leaf buds start to swell. While pruning is not required, it should be noted that the best winter stem color appears on new growth.Combine it with dark green or blue conifers to provide contrast and with Asters or Sedums for a great fall color show. Cornus sanguinea looks spectacular when massed in shrub borders or as an informal hedge or privacy screen.Fairly pest-free, easy to grow, easy to care for and deer tolerant.Winner of the Gold Medal Award of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.It is not fussy about soils provided they are kept evenly moist and well-drained.