These garden favorites can multiply into free plants for spring if you act now, but waiting just a few more weeks means ...
Propagating houseplants is a miraculous phenomenon. Once you realize you can multiply your favorite leafy friends for free, it can quickly become an obsession. Whether you're a seasoned plant mom or ...
To get you started, here are 10 common plants that are easy to overwinter as cuttings, along with tips on how to root and ...
Planting annual flowers can be a frustrating endeavor: You spend a lot of money (either on seeds or starts) and invest all that time in planting, just to watch them die at the end of the season.
My houseplant collection is never quite complete and I'm always looking for ways to get my hands on new plants. One of my ...
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Boost numbers of your favourite plants for free by taking semi-ripe cuttings from the current season's growth that is just beginning to ripen and harden. Try climbers (ivy, passion flower, solanum and ...
A USEFUL short paper by E. E. Kemp (J. Roy. Hort. Soc., 73, part 9, 291-305 ; Sept. 1948) gives some very practical information on the rooting of more difficult cuttings. The author draws on the ...
Poet Robert Frost believed that "good fences make good neighbors." As an alternative, however, you can establish an environmentally friendly line of demarcation by using native species to create a ...