How to Grow Weeping Evergreen From a Limb

Trim the weeping evergreen limb to measure about 8 inches long. Moisten some paper towels and wrap around the bottom tip of the limb. Place this tip into a quart-sized plastic bag and store that way as you prepare the pot for the trimming.

Mix together a small amount of peat moss with some sand and place at the bottom of a small pot measuring about 5 inches in diameter. Purchase some rooting hormone at your local gardening center. Remove the tip of the evergreen limb from the paper towel and dip into the rooting hormone.

Place the weeping evergreen tip into the sand mixture in the small pot. Treat the plant with delicate care as you stabilize the tip in the sand mixture. Store the pot outside and keep it watered one to two times a day. Cover over the limb with a plastic bag to retain moisture as the limb roots. Continue this routine for about four to six months. Tug gently on the evergreen limb after this time has elapsed to see if it has rooted. A rooted limb will not pull out easily.

Move a successfully rooted weeping evergreen limb from the small pot and place in a large pot with potting soil and some organic fertilizer. Allow this cutting to grow in the pot for about a year or two until the tree has established new growth. Plant this developed limb in your garden.