Growing your own plants from semi ripe cuttings couldn’t be more satisfying and rewarding. And invaluable in Covid’s cash-strapped times. And yet another pernicious plant disease also means that ...

Taking cuttings from some of our favourite plants guarantees fresh ones for next year. It’s easy and it doesn’t matter if some of them die in a couple of weeks, just have another go. Cuttings are ...

August is the perfect time to take cuttings of many popular shrubs and perennials. By this point in the growing season, all of your plants will have produced a good amount of healthy green growth, ...

Years ago, before the proliferation of fancy garden centers with huge stocks of annuals, perennials, fancy tea roses and exotic plants from all over the world, ordinary people didn’t do much ...

It is relatively easy to take cuttings and it is an extremely satisfying method of propagating many plants. However, there are several common mistakes that can cause your cuttings to fail to root ...

Bougainvilleas are such impactful and exotic vines that it’s no wonder you might want to propagate an existing plant, or that of a friend or neighbor. Even where winters are too severe for them, the ...

With August upon us, there is plenty to be doing in the garden to prepare for the upcoming autumn weather. One such task is taking cuttings from established plants so that they may provide your plot ...

Not only are hydrangeas one of the most popular plants to grow in UK gardens but they’re also a personal favourite of ours. And if you’ve been thinking about growing your own hydrangeas, you might ...

With knowledge, proper care, and only a little bit of money, you can learn how to grow a plant from a cutting into a landscape plant. Many of the most popular decorative (and practical) landscape ...

So, what’s in your wallet? Whatever you have in there, keep it there. I have two words for you: free cuttings. Just try it, you’ll like it. Growing plants from cuttings is free — unless you have to ...

This is the season for planting wallflowers. Spring would be lacking without them, so if you haven’t grown your own plants from seed, go and buy some now. Bedding wallflowers are hardy, colourful, ...