Hedera - Rooting large wooded cuttings?

[KateM]

Anybody has experience with rooting large woody hedera cuttings?
I think it's Boston ivy hedera Hibernia by leaf shape. I know they can be bonsai'd...
Saw a bulldozed tree covered in ivy and had to get me some.
I am guessing that those clinging rootlets can convert to real roots...
I got one of the stems still growing in the ground and some stem cuttings with interesting branching..

 

[KateM]

Leaves

 

[KateM]

This one with a bit of root went into the ground, the rest in a bucket with water for now.

 

[RJG2]

No experience, but I'd tent/bag the ones in water to slow the leaves from desiccating.

 

[Shibui]

Ilex I am familiar with are like weeds. Harder to stop roots than to start them. I'd say you have a very good chance of all these producing roots.
I would prefer to start with sections that had more taper or bends in the trunks but I guess you can always trunk chop after these root and grow a bit.

 

[KateM]

Thank you Shbui. I would like more taper too...
I was a collection of opportunity.
The ivy was growing up the tree laying on its side and the taper was very gradual over long distance...
Would be interesting to get it established and chopped...

 

[PonderingSage:]

I’m going to trying the same thing with overgrown English Ivy might try a few different things just to experiment, but I’ll probably put most of them in 100% pumice.

 

[KateM]

I’m going to trying the same thing with overgrown English Ivy might try a few different things just to experiment, but I’ll probably put most of them in 100% pumice.

Would be nice to compare notes.

 

[PonderingSage:]

Totally! Spring is slow to start, so I might be a while but I will update.

 

[Shibui]

Thank you Shbui. I would like more taper too...

Here's an obvious cut that will give both bend and taper in the new trunk.

Try not to think of those side shoots as branches. They are opportunities to cut to create bends and taper. The cutting to the right has 2 opportunities to do similar.

 

[KateM]

Here's an obvious cut that will give both bend and taper in the new trunk.
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Try not to think of those side shoots as branches. They are opportunities to cut to create bends and taper. The cutting to the right has 2 opportunities to do similar.

Yes, definitely. Thank you.