Propagation: Sweet Almond and Others, 1 by Pistil

Pistil wrote:
Hi Molly-
I looked up Sweet Almond (Prunus dulcis if I am correct) in The Reference Manual of Woody Plant Propagation by Dirr and Heuser. They say "Stem cuttings have given only slight success in rooting". Rats. On the other hand, they say 90% of the seeds germinate after cold stratification. It looks like for identical clones, grafting or tissue culture is used successfully. Scanning the other Prunus species, it looks like many are not hard, a few are tough to root. They mention layering is easy for some Prunus species. Layering is not mentioned either way for the Sweet Almond.
If I was you I would not give up on the Almond, give these some more time, and try at different times of the year, some plants are quite picky about that.
I have myself been growing new Cestrum 'Orange Peel' from cuttings, quite easy and fun, on the windowsill. Here is one I started last year.