Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

When the fall months arrive, you're probably thinking about putting your garden to bed for the winter. Many of the flowers and crops are done growing for the year, but your work in the garden doesn't ...

Lavender is a hugely popular aromatic herb that is used in baking, beauty products and for its medicinal properties. The plant is commonly seen in gardens around the world and is a simple plant to ...

Plant propagation can take many forms, from the simple act of planting a vegetable or flower seed to the exacting process of tissue culturing an orchid or a fern. Between these two extremes lies an ...

Here are 5 things to do in the garden his week: 1. Propagate petunias, marigolds, impatiens, and begonias from cuttings. Make a soil mix that is half perlite or pumice and half peat moss or coco coir.

Answer: The short answer: Not now. Fig trees (Ficus carica) are one of the relatively few species that propagate easier from hardwood cuttings than softwood. Hardwood just means dormant, older growth.

If I sawed my finger off and stuck it in a pot of soil, it would be a little unreasonable to expect it to grow a whole new “me”. And yet that’s pretty much what happens when you grow a plant from a ...

Propagation is the best way to get fruit trees that yield good fruit and resist disease. Learn three ways to propagate fruit trees for a successful harvest.