Remember how you grew a geranium from a wee bit that you pinched off during a garden tour? Succulents, as any chronic plant pincher knows, are also easy to start from cuttings. But you may not know ...
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 ...
There's nothing we love more than a flower bed filled with bountiful, blooming roses. While grabbing a potted shrub at your local nursery might be the easiest path to instant garden gratification, you ...
Sunflowers, herbs, and many other plants are easy to propagate. You can multiply them by sowing seeds, dividing bulbs and tubers, or starting cuttings from the stems or leaves of most herbaceous ...
Rooting cuttings is a time-honored technique. Starting roses from cuttings can be an easy and low-cost solution to get more plants in your garden. Learn how to root roses and consider checking the ...
Struggling to grow a successful rose bush in your garden? This isn't uncommon. Roses can be a hard-to-grow variety thanks to their growing requirements and regular maintenance, which leads to ...
When is the best time to trim confederate rose bushes? I would like to root some of the branches I cut off. — Jessica Confederate roses (Hibiscus mutabilis) are often killed back by winter freezes, so ...
A desert rose (Adenium obesum) is, for many, a wistfully nostalgic plant and one that symbolises health, fertility, and good fortune. Its name is something of a red herring, since it's not a rose at ...
Just one rose plant can look stunning in gardens, but imagine how incredible it would look to have multiple dotted around. Multiply your blooms by taking cuttings properly and at the right time.