Taking 1~2 a Osmanthus fragrans seedlings as experimental material,the effects of different hormone species,hormone concentrations and hormone treatment time,matrix types and cuttings mother plant age on softwood cuttings rooting of Osmanthus fragrans were comparatively analyzed.The results showed that using 100 mg/L IBA to deal with the softwood of Osmanthus fragrans for 5 h had the best effect,with the rooting rate 63.07% and average number of roots 5.57;the effects of taking cuttings from one year old mother plant and using sand as medium had the best effect.