Applying rooting hormone either immediately before planting or delaying application had no significant effect on mortality rate of the cuttings, with the exception of treatment at weeks and six, where there were significant differences between the growth mediums. The lowest survival rate (38.6%) was found for the mixture of potting soil and cocopeat medium, where hormone application was delayed until week six, while the same hormone treatment with cocopeat medium had a 74.2% survival rate. Although the difference was not significant. the highest survival of 98.6% was observed for the control treatment followed by treatments where hormone was applied at weeks 0. 1, 2 3 and 4 (Fig. 1). There is no published information about how delaying hormone application can affect survival of semi-hardwood cuttings. In other studies where IBA hormone was applied immediately before planting such as in Ficus roxburghii. Alikhani el al. (2011) and Rana and Sood (2012) reported highest survival percentage