Abstract. Five species of ornamental grasses (Carex muskingumensis, Carex ornithopoda ‘Variegata’, Festuca cinerea Vill., Festuca cinerea ‘Silberreiher’, Juncus effusus) were propagated through few-shoots soft cuttings and rooted for four weeks in spring, directly in the ground, in a glasshouse in multipots and in a foil tunnel. The best rooted cuttings were obtained in a foil tunnel and the best quality ones were formed in a glasshouse conditions.

The use of a few-shoots cuttings for propagation
of ornamental grasses of Festuca, Carex and Juncus genus

Summary

Five species of ornamental grasses (Carex muskingumensis, Carex ornithopoda ‘Variegata’, Festuca cinerea Vill., Festuca cinerea ‘Silberreiher’, Juncus effusus) were propagated through few-shoots soft cuttings and rooted for four weeks in spring, directly in the ground, in a glasshouse in multipots and in a foil tunnel. The most rooted cuttings were obtained in the ground and the best quality ones were formed in a glasshouse conditions. The intensive division of clumps and rooting of 1-3-shoot cuttings of ornamental grasses varieties of Carex, Festuca and Juncus allows to increase a number of offsprings. The recommended place for rooting of Carex muskingumensis, Carex ornithopoda ‘Variegata’, Festuca cinerea and Festuca cinerea ‘Variegata’ cuttings is glasshouse, while for Juncus effusus it is field.