There are many benefits to propagating plants from hardwood cuttings. It's quite low-maintenance, the stems are often more ...

A popular myth is that winter is a slow time for a gardener. The list of jobs may be smaller than during other seasons, but ...

Taking hardwood cuttings is easy and often the only way to propagate many trees and shrubs. Follow our guide to turning a hardwood stem into a vigorous new plant. Take hardwood cuttings at the end ...

Gardeners' World star Alan Titchmarsh believes many gardeners are making the same mistake when sowing new plants, and could ...

Vegetative Propagation Vegetative propagation by cuttings (softwood and hardwood) and micropropagation can be used to grow new pomegranate trees which produce fruit identical to the parental tree.

Treat the rooting end of cuttings with rooting compound and place in pots with a soilless medium such as perlite and peat moss or sand, potting soil, or a prepared bed in soil. Keep moist until ...

Like just about everything else, buying plants has become more and more expensive, so why not make your own? Propagating plants using hardwood cuttings is easy, costs next to nothing except your time ...

Plant competition is an instrumental part of natural ecosystems with winners and losers in all cases, but it is really ...

It's tricky to find one compost type that can be used for all types of propagation. However, you can tailor a compost to suit your needs. Multi-purpose compost with perlite mixed in will suit most ...

Propagating grapes from dormant hardwood cuttings is a realistic venture for anyone with access to grape vines. Since grapes should have 80 – 90% of their vines removed every year, you just need ...

Plant propagation is easier than you might expect, so if you already have a rose bush, why not give it a go? The following expert tips will increase your chances of success. You can take softwood, ...

However, luckily, forsythia is an easy plant to propagate, with cuttings that can be taken year-round. In spring, take softwood cuttings from young, non-flowering shoots. During late summer and fall, ...