Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Camellia Growing, Propagating and Enjoying, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
ibartoo----

I have a propagation question......

My Camellia has now been re-growing (from being seriously cut back 2 years ago),
but it seems to have mostly these long stems on top of it. They are woody--not soft-wood.

I want to cut some of these longer shoots back to let the camellia fill out a bit more.
Is there any chance that these will root? What would I need to do to have a chance?
My Pakistani neighbor sticks all kinds of things in the soil and pots, and most of them all root.
She believes in watering all her rooting things every day! All through winter.

She king of puts me to shame. She said, if i cut the camellia back--to give her all the cut off pieces.
I would like to try to root some myself--but have read that Camellias are hard to root.

Any advice?????

Here is what things look like right now; I do not expect any blooms this year as this is mostly new growth.
There are a couple blooms on the very bottom--on the original, older wood.