Christmas cactus plants can be propagated using both water and soil methods, each with its own benefits. Propagation is best done when the plants are actively growing new leaves in late spring, ...

The best time to take a cutting from a money tree is in the morning when the plant is the most hydrated and least stressed. Choose a healthy stem that’s a few inches long with several leaves. You want ...

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

Think plant propagation is too hard? Anyone can be a plant propagator by practicing these traditional, low-tech, and easy plant propagation techniques. The most common way to grow new plants is to sow ...

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 ...

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.

Take a cutting of your favorite container plant so you can grow it again next summer. Johnson County K-State Research and Extension Did you have a favorite plant in your container garden this summer?

One of gardening’s best secrets is that it’s fairly easy to produce your own free new plants by persuading cut branch tips to grow roots. A surprising number of trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, fruit ...

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 ...

Rooting cuttings always has taken a bit of guesswork. In order to tell if roots are sufficiently developed for transplanting, you must gently pull the plant out of the potting medium and hope you ...

It's easy and it's free. It's the best way to stretch your gardening budget. The easiest method is to root cuttings in jars of water. This works for coleus, bloodleaf, cuphea, plectranthus and sweet ...