How can I grow a Lilac bush from another bush and wisteria from another?

You can propogate Lilac and Wisteria by rootings cuttings from Lilac and Wisteria plants. If you are new to gardening, this is a very difficult thing to do. It takes practice, and a fiar amount of failure, before you can do it well.





The very simplfied version is to take small cuttings from the mother plant - dip them in rooting hormone, and place them in your very carefully prepared "nursery" pot - upon which you will need to dote with keeping warm, keeping the humidity right, with the right amount of air circulation so it doesn't rot.





If you are really interested in doing this - get a book from the library on plant propogation. It will have detailed info, for a handful of different methods (there are several).

How can I grow a Lilac bush from another bush and wisteria from another?
Lilacs put out "suckers" from the root system. You can usually dig one of these up with some roots on it and you're in business.





For the wisteria, I would suggest a method called layering. Take a side vine and scrap off some of the bark about a foot or two from the end of the vine. Get some rooting powder and sprinkle some on the exposed cambium (the green, yellow, or tan layer exposed after you remove the bark), then bury that in a pot and set a brick on top to keep it in place. I'm not sure how long wisteria take, but after about a month, check and see if it has developed any roots.





If so, cut it off behind the roots and plant in potting soil until it develops a good root system. Then it should be ready to plant next spring.
Reply:I am not to sure about wisteria but with a lilac all you need is a shoot from the old bush, might be the same with wisteria. Make sure new shoot has established itself first (has green leaves on it).
Reply:All you have to do is get a start off of each plant and make sure you get the root and plant it, God will take care of the rest, we never put anything on ours and they have done really well.