Discover 7 houseplant cuttings to take in February. Experts share their top picks and advise on how to root them for double ...

Propagating new plants by taking cuttings from your current favorites is always a fun endeavor — until they fail to root. So, to avoid such torment, some gardeners aid their cuttings with rooting ...

One of the most common mistakes in propagation is moisture inconsistency, so make sure that the cuttings remain evenly moist — if they dry out, they will die, and if they are too wet, they will rot or ...

February is the time multiply your awakening perennials, shrubs and trees. At the awkward stage of development we call puberty, our bodies produce hormones that trigger and enhance our development ...

Key Points Rosemary is a tender perennial that can be overwintered successfully in colder climates by taking cuttings.Take a ...

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

Maybe you, like me, look out at your garden sometimes and see a plant and think, “I wish I had gotten more of those!” If you are like me, you think this right after the plant nurseries move on to ...

CORVALLIS – Snipping some cuttings from the garden this time of year will produce your own private nursery of plants by spring. Whether you plant the results of your “snip and stick” project or give ...

Clear plastic shoeboxes make for suitable rooting cases. Learn how to grow a rose from a cutting and a slip using the hardwood or softwood propagation technique. Roses are surprisingly easy to root. I ...

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A light-skinned man and a baby inspect a lilac bush in bloom - Olga Zheltonogova/Getty Images When lilacs open their fragrant flowers, it's nature's signal that summer's here. It's hard to have enough ...

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