I have loads of Juniper growing down on a terrace in front of the house I lifted some of the tentacle type branches on the floor and saw small roots into the gravel floor lying underneath. I wonder if I can cut say 1 meter and RE plant it in the back under a cedar tree where NOTHING seems to grow but Ivy. I would sink the cut part in the floor with a small stone to hold it down and than sink the stem that runs on the bottom of the juniper into the floor for a few cm The planting area is a steep hill as per pic( in the back of the chairs) do I grow it down or upwards or simply towards the sun? What else can I grow under a cedar that will not ruin me at the nursery. I am renting. I planted 4 pots of varigated ivy (not progressing much in 4 month maybe 1/2 a foot) Ferns are much to expensive. Tried to unearth some the normal ferns ( other call them weeds) and replant them there but they all died. even they had roots etc. I thought they would die down and than restart but NOTHING. Thank you.
Read Propagating deciduous and evergreen shrubs, trees, and vines with stem cuttings via Washington State Univ. extension.
Thank you so very much !!! There is tons to learn . I hope I was really hoping to find out if I can can transplant bigger pieces like one +(yard/meter)/long that has already developped the little roots underneath the branch. I will study this article as I see main time for doing it should be later fall so I still have time.
If the adventitious roots on the pieces you cut off are large enough to support the water demands of the whole cutting, then yes, it'll work. But if the branch is large, and the roots just 'little', then probably not, as the branch will need more water than the small root system can provide.
