The invention discloses a method for seedling cutting and raising of camellia or western rhododendron. The method mainly comprises the steps that 1, 5-10-cm current-year semi-lignified branches of the camellia or 3-5-cm current-year semi-lignified branches of the western rhododendron are selected, and leaves at the positions, at 2 / 3 of the bottom ends, of the cuttings are removed; 2, thin non-woven fabrics are sheared to wrap coconut chaff powder to form cylindrical seedling raising blocks with the diameter of 3 cm and the height of 5 cm; 3, the cuttings prepared in the step 1 are inserted into the cylindrical seedling raising blocks prepared in the step 2; 4, the seedling raising blocks with the cuttings are uniformly put into holes of a seedling raising box and fully watered; 5, the seedling raising box is covered with a cover and put into a greenhouse to be cultured, the culture temperature of the greenhouse does not exceed 35 DEG C, the shading rate is 50%, the camellia is rooted in 40-50 days, and the western rhododendron is rooted in 30-40 days. The method is easy to operate and feasible, does not need hormone treatment, is short in rooting time and particularly suitable for large-scale industrial seedling raising facing internet sales and has the wide adaptability.