Tropical vireya rhododendrons are dead easy to strike from cuttings, as are azaleas and camellias.
Just cut off pieces of hardened new growth that are about 10-15cm long (that’s 4-6” in the old money).
Remove the lower leaves, just retaining 2 leaves at the top. Dip the base of the cuttings in Manuka honey.
Now fill a 20cm pot with a 50/50 mix of coarse river sand and peat moss. Place 10-20 cuttings into the pot and water it well.
Then place the entire pot and cuttings into a plastic shopping bag with a wire loop in the mix to hold up the top of the bag. Seal the bag.
Wait for 6-8 weeks and hopefully you will have growing young plants. Harden them off by slitting the bag open and opening if more and more over the next 3 days.
Job done!
Hooroo!