What is better than free plants? Many common garden plants root easily from cuttings, giving you full-grown plants in half the time it takes to start from seed. Otherwise known as propagation, plant ...

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

I don't care if Punxatawney Phil saw his shadow or not. Days are still dreary, cloudy, and cold. What gardening project could divert you from dark thoughts and bring meaning to your hibernating soul?

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.

If you want to grow more of your favorite plants without buying new ones, propagating at home is a simple and rewarding way to do it. You can multiply your plants by taking cuttings and encouraging ...

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 ...

Plant propagation is a way of creating new plants from existing ones. When a genetically identical, exact duplicate of a plant is desired, cuttings are frequently used. A cutting is a piece of a plant ...

Want to keep tender herbs, annuals, and veggies alive through winter, but don’t have a lot of space indoors for growing plants? Taking cuttings of your favorite plants in fall and rooting them either ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — What is better than free plants? Many common garden plants root easily from cuttings, giving you full-grown plants in half the time it takes to start from seed. Our South Texas ...

Readers: A correction to a previous column. When pruning a Miss Kim lilac, it should be done in the spring AFTER it blooms. Thanks to reader Tony G. Q: I have a very large Thanksgiving cactus plant in ...