Often, gardeners like to propagate a particular plant that they really like. Layering is an easy way to multiply favorite plants. The principle behind this propagation process is to encourage new root ...

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Put your wallet away. You can multiply many plants simply and easily with stem cuttings. It’s not only economical – it’s fun. Take cuttings early in the morning or in the evening, when the sun isn’t ...

Here is another lesson from The Chronicle's rooftop garden. Read other stories in the series at sfgate.com/columns/chroniclegarden/archive. After a recent successful ...

April is a month of opportunities. Days are lengthening, soils are warming and buds are popping. It gets better. April is also an opportunity to easily propagate many kitchen-garden plants using ...

The fall season can be a busy and productive time in the garden. One of the timely tasks for this season is dividing bulbous plants. To review, “bulbous” plants are best described as geophytes, ...

Some plants don’t just look beautiful and thrive indoors, they’re also surprisingly easy to propagate, helping you expand your indoor garden with minimal effort. Would you like to multiply your plants ...

A field of lavender in bloom with the sun setting over the mountains to the right and a little shack with a tall tree in the distance to the left. - Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Getty Images Lavender ...

Now is the time for all good gardeners to divide and multiply -- at least that's what the good folks at OSU Extension tell us. Dividing perennials invigorates overcrowded plants, and it's an ...

This week you’re all going to sound like gardening experts. The topic: asexual plant propagation from herbaceous stem cuttings. Sounds impressive, right? What all that botanical jargon means is a very ...

Some spring-flowering perennials bloom better if the plants are thinned every few years, and some perennials will decline if they are not divided on a regular basis. Irises are in the first category.