By Scottish
Edinburgh,
Scotland 
Hawthorn cuttings?
There is a beautiful peachy coloured Hawthorn tree on waste land near my house - it conveniently (for me, that is!) hangs over into the foot path and needs a bit of a chopping back. As the land is not maintained - I'm going to chop it back myself as the overhang is causing bother for those wanting to get passed.
My question is - will the stems I cut root easily? or is it a bit of a waste of time. If practical - when would be the best time and how?
Thanks in advance.
29 Apr, 2014
Answers
Och! That's a shame Owdboggy - grafting is way beyond my capabilities. Thanks for taking the time to give a straight answers, saves me months of anticipation :)
29 Apr, 2014
No, sorry Snoop, Hawthorn just does not, under normal circumstances form root buds on the stems.
All the ornamental forms are grafted.
29 Apr, 2014
Such a shame it really is a beautiful colour. Just on the off chance, might it have produced suckers in at the base. I'm unaware of their growing habits but I suppose if they did it might be from the root stock, would that be right?
Sorry for so many questions.
29 Apr, 2014
If it is a self sown tree from a haw then it could produce suckers which would be the same as the parent tree. If it was grafted then yes any suckers would be from the rootstock.
Try collecting a few berries in Autumn and sowing them, you may get a tree like the parent, or maybe not.
30 Apr, 2014
Thanks Owdboggy, when I get more time I'll go round and have a closer look and collect some berries later in the year and see what happens.
30 Apr, 2014
Sorry, but Hawthorns are extremely difficult if not impossible to root from cuttings. You would need to take a piece and graft it on to a straight Hawthorn seedling.
29 Apr, 2014