Take cuttings from healthy, disease-free plants, preferably from the upper part of the.

Sep 22, Remove the small spatulate leaves from the bottom half of the cutting. Plant it 1 inch deep in a 4-inch pot. Use a well-drained medium such as Perlite, commercial cactus. Oct 17, Take your pruning shears and trim the plant to below leaf level – preferably below the bottom branch. The idea is to prevent the milkweed from growing new leaves or flowering until the spring – when it’s safe for the monarchs to stop, gather some nectar from the flowers and deposit some eggs on the fresh, OE-free shrubhauling.barted Reading Time: 6 mins.

How to Propagate Euphorbia Bicompacta ‘Green African Milk Bush’ From Cuttings. When propagating Green African Milk Bush from cuttings, cut a leaf from the mother plant carefully with a clean knife or scissors. Before replanting, wait for a few days to allow it to Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Dec 10, Cut back the entire plant by one-third to one-half its previous height in late winter or early spring before new growth emerges.

Make the cuts within 1/4-inch of a leaf or leaf bud so the bush. Jul 22, Here are the easy steps: Cut one of the"arms" off with sharp shears or scissors at its base.

Rinse the arm with running cold water until it stops oozing.

Cut the flower stems back to a leaf.

Let the arm sit in a dry spot on a paper towel and out of direct sun for five to seven days so the cut tip can callus Once the callus has Botanical Name: Euphorbia trigona. Mar 06, Rooting cuttings: Lightly scrape the bottom of the milkweed stem before coating it with a rooting hormone. Use a stick to poke a hole in the rooting medium and gently insert the base of the milkweed stem.

Push the rooting medium firmly around the stem to provide support. Caring for cuttings: Place milkweed cuttings in a shady area outside. Avoid direct sunlight while the milkweed is forming. Jan 30, Perennial plants will benefit from being cut back in late winter to early spring.

Wait until you see new basal growth and cut the old stems back to about 6 inches (15 cm.) from the ground. Another method of milkweed pruning is to cut the plant back a third of its height. Make cuts just above a leaf bud to prevent unsightly bare stems. African milk bush flowers are green to yellowish-green, mostly concealed by lance-shaped bracts that are purplish-green above and reddish-purple beneath. African milk bush leaves are fleshy, spirally arranged, crowded towards the ends of stems, –10cm long and –4cm wide, dark green above and paler beneath, with a prominent midrib.