It has been studied reproduction of propagation some ornamental shrubs by semilignified cuttings in the experimental nursery the Educational Centre "Botanical Garden" of SSU. It was found that all studied species of ornamental shrubs growing in the Botanical Gardens, can reproduce of semilignified cuttings. The duration of the period of root formation varied between 23 to 37 days. The number of rooted cuttings from the bulk of the species was from 8.6 to 49%.