Imagine a world where you can fill your garden with free lavender: fresh-smelling, beautiful, and bouquet-ready. Now rejoice, because you already live in that world. Lavender is easier to propagate ...

It's the best way to stretch your gardening budget. The easiest method is to root cuttings in jars of water. This works for ...

Evergreen plants can be propagated with cuttings. Knowing the difference between softwood, semi-ripe, and hardwood cuttings improves the chances of success.

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 ...

Softwood propagation is easy if you follow a few basic steps. Question: My neighbor has an amazing garden. Whenever I’ve admired a plant, she offers me a cutting, but I don’t know what to do with it.

Lavender is more than just a fragrant perennial shrub—it's a garden staple known for its beautiful blooms that attract pollinators and can be harvested and used to make soaps, t ...

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, ...

A fun way to challenge yourself is to take a softwood cutting to propagate one of your favorite shrubs. Some shrubs that may be propagated are ninebark, lilac, weigela, dogwood and viburnum. The best ...

Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, graduations, reunions and weddings are times to remember. One way people remember others is to give gifts. Trees can make very long-lasting gifts. Ones that ...