Taking plant cuttings before winter is like an "Act Now Before It's Too Late!" slogan at a going-out-of-business sale. Unlike those situations, however, plant cuttings don't cost you any money. In ...

Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

Expand the beauty in your garden by growing new seedlings from fresh cuttings—this is a great planting option because the process is free and saves you a trip to the nursery. To propagate new plants, ...

These step-by-step instructions will help you propagate jade plants from stem or leaf cuttings successfully. Jade plants ...

Even though the weather seems like it is the same every day, things are changing outside. Our days have been getting shorter and our nights longer since June. We don’t notice it because we have ...

Why buy more plants when the ones you already have are perfectly capable of making new ones for you? There are tons of stunning flowers that are easy to propagate from cuttings, including geraniums ...

Our gardens may be preparing for their winter slumbers, but that doesn’t mean we have to rest: It’s time to make free shrubs! The easiest way to propagate woody plants like dogwood, forsythia, ...

MARCH IN the Pacific Northwest can be a breath of warmth and wan sunshine, or wintry and mired in mud. Often it is both. Foraging a few stems from flowering trees and shrubs is a wonderful way to ...

Hummingbirds' long, needle-like beaks and thread-thin tongues are perfect for dipping into tubular flowers. Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) fits the bill for ideal hummingbird feeding. This fast-growing ...

The Rowan County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers had a highly successful plant sale at the Agricultural Center this year, with more than 400 people purchasing plants. I hope everyone is as ...

● Rooting: Place the cutting in a glass of water or a well-draining rooting medium (a mix of perlite and peat moss works well). While many plants root easily in water, a soil-less mix often develops a ...