CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — What is better than free plants? Many common garden plants root easily from cuttings, giving you full-grown plants in half the time it takes to start from seed. Our South Texas ...

Q: I have been told that you can start new roses by taking a cutting from the prunings and sticking it in the ground. Is this true? Can you tell me how to do this? A: Yes, you can start new plants ...

Have you noticed how much fun and how rewarding it can be to propagate your own plants? Plant propagation means creating new plants from existing ones. We use a variety of methods, such as planting ...

You don't need fancy equipment or a greenhouse to propagate plants — just a few basic supplies and these straightforward ...

“And some can pot begonias and some can bud a rose, And some are hardly fit to trust with anything that grows ... ,” wrote Rudyard Kipling in "The Glory of the Garden.” This quote inspires gardeners ...

My daughter gave me a wonderful scented geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) for Mother’s Day several years ago. It flourishes on my side porch, and I repot it regularly. I like it so much that I have ...

Having plants that all predictably grow at the same rate and mature at the same time is a big advantage. That’s why so many cannabis growers start their crops with clones taken from mother plants. In ...

A clone is simply a cutting—i.e., a severed part of the plant—that grows roots and eventually stabilizes as a genetic replica of its donor. This is possible because each of the plant’s individual ...

Who’s up for some springtime gardening? In the Pacific Northwest, green-thumbed stoners are always in low-key garden-planning mode, debating which cultivars will make the best garden additions, demand ...

Growing your garden from seeds or cuttings that you’ve started yourself not only gives you a sense of satisfaction, it also gives you amazing variety. Horticulturist Kathy Echols says shes been ...

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 there are still enjoyable and rewarding jobs to do. That includes ...