convert to the latin name ...

take such to google and add the word PROPAGATION ...

and gain some base knowledge ... so we can have a discussion about the finer points you might not understand. ..

in the mean time.. look at this post and try to begin to understand the process of rooting things ... and i am not saying his setup is for you plants ... but that it MIGHT be a bit more than sticking some sticks in some dirt ...

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3124999/propagating-dawn-redwood-from-cuttings?n=13

on most things.. timing is imperative... and so is the choice of the wood used ... and most of the time it isnt this years fresh green growth.. which tends to rot.. before it roots ...

many things are rooted over winter... for potting up in spring ... then about ready for fall planting ...

but then.. maybe this is the exception to the usual rules ...

where are you in z5 ...

ken

got more time ...

here are the variables to propagate anything:

heat
light
humidity, and
media

you say you have light ... at the link .. the box takes cake of media... humidity and heat ...

the problem with lights in the basement ... is usually basements are cold ... hence the need for a heat mat ....

perfect all 4.. and you will have some level of success ...

now.. i dont know about privet myself.. perhaps it is the easiest of all .. others or your research will indicate such ...

but you will still have to address.. or they will address.. each of those variables ... if you read close enough ...

and.. i think your time line is a bit hopeful ... but that should not stop you ...

ken

idloveamocha, can you put down the coffee and take a photo of the privet? A close up. I won't know which one it is but others will and I am curious.

From memory, I think that Ligustrum is an easy-ish one to propagate by cuttings (with the right set-up). And I have a feeling that even without the perfect setup, you will have some success.

I just remembered that your question was completely different.

I am not living in such a cold climate with snow during winter. But I am in a cold climate, just not quite cold enough to commonly get snow.

However, if I were doing what you plan to do I would pot up the rooted cuttings and not plant outside in the garden until after the frosts.

OR, I might even NOT pot up the rooted cuttings at all. Then, after all the frosts have finished, I would carefully plant the rooted cuttings in the garden. I do this with some things. Cuttings that have never had the restriction of a pot (not to mention the foreign 'soil' of a pot) can do extremely well. But this would only apply to cuttings that have strongish roots, not finely rooted things. (For example, Azalea mollis, which I love, has too fine a root system for this I think.)

what is this.. the EVERYONE GIVES TWO ANSWERS FORUM ... lol

ken

tete_a_tete, these are north privets, which I 'think' are ligustrum ibolium.

As far as my indoor setup goes, I have the lights and a heat mat. I haven't ever had a dryness issue over winter with any of my plants.

I don't mind planting them in the very early spring, but I was weighing potting them and keeping them indoors vs. potting them and placing them in the garage. My only fear is that keeping them indoors might affect dormancy...but I may be wrong on that.

keeping them indoors

==>> they are not houseplants ...

humidity in the house is complicated by how you heat your house in witner.. my forced air furnace sucks a lot of moisture out of the house...

and if you are trying to root a stck with no roots.. all it has is ambient humidity ...

see below for how i DABBLED with rooting some stuff in winter.. under lights.. and above a mat ... a mini greenhouse ...

i had some little success... and was ecstatic ...

pots of rooted material... can stay outside.. tipped on their side.. agains a north wall ... in most winter locations ..

ken

Ken, I've rooted many types of plants before. IF the roots are established before wintertime, I've had no issue in the basement.

Fro what I've read on privet, rooting can be expected within 4-6 weeks with use of hormone. If I did it now, I'd have a few months of root growth prior to dormancy time.

so you can root the soft vegetative early summer growth.. or would you need to go back to last year brown wood ???

if you have to go back... then you will have all that spindly new growth to support .. without roots ..

other are reading.. never forget that.. nice to know.. you do have prior experience ...

good luck

ken

Ken, soft wood is used for propagation on these, but not 'too' soft. It needs to be pliable, but will snap if you bend it in half. Not old wood, though.