Hydrangea

I lucked out and got a run that takes me past Wilkes Barre, Pa. My Grandmothers house is right off route 81 so I pulled in there to see if my father might be there.(Grandma died so my Dad owns the house).Well no one was there ,so I kinda drifted around the yard seeing what had changed. There were 2 hydrangea bushes.One was so gorgeous (pinkish red)I just kept staring at it. So ,being the plant theif that I am,I took two cuttings and 2 from the other plain white one .Now I'm wondering ,can they even be rooted?Are you suppose to use fresh green or woody stock? I'm not good at this and CERTAIN people are giving me a complex cause I CAN'T ROOT ANYTHING!!!Why are some people so good at that? (At rooting ,not giving me a complex)But it would mean a lot to me to have a plant from Grandma's.Worse comes to worse I can try to dig up a piece but the cuttings seemed so easy at the time.Plus work may not like me having dirt in the company truck.I'm doing the same run next week so if I need woody cuttings I can get them.HELP!!! CC

You can use tip cuttings. I am rooting some for Calla as we speak, and they root easily. Just find a 10" pot, fill the bottom with sand, then the middle with peat and the top with a mixture of perilite and potting soil and sand, in equal parts. Set the pot into a container of water over night to thoroughly moisten the layers, then plop your cuttings into the pot, set it in the shade, and KEEP IT MOIST. I am doing Calla's in a plastic gallon milk carton, which I have cut ALMOST in half, making a mini-greenhouse. It is doing VERY well. The cuttings will root in a month or so. I keep mine in 6" pots the first winter, then set them into the ground in the spring. Just put your cuttings into a glass of water until you get the pot prepared.