● Rooting: Place the cutting in a glass of water or a well-draining rooting medium (a mix of perlite and peat moss works well ...

Winter means death for many different plants, but if you take some cuttings from these herbs, you can propagate them indoors during the chilly season.

Step 1: Take several stem cuttings from a healthy Christmas cactus plant using clean shears or scissors, or gently break off the cuttings with your fingers. Long stem cuttings are often too top-heavy ...

When vining types of Philodendron get leggy, it is time to give them a trim and root those cuttings to grow new plants. In ...

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

Lemon balm is a great herb to use in tea and other culinary creations. It can be easily propagated through a handful of ...

Rooting cuttings is a time-honored technique. Starting roses from cuttings can be an easy and low-cost solution to get more plants in your garden. Learn how to root roses and consider checking the ...

Question: A friend gave me several Mexican sunflower cuttings and said to stick them in the ground. Does this work? Answer: You hear stories about sticking stems in the ground and having them root, ...

It's easy and it's free. It's the best way to stretch your gardening budget. The easiest method is to root cuttings in jars of water. This works for coleus, bloodleaf, cuphea, plectranthus and sweet ...

A light-skinned man and a baby inspect a lilac bush in bloom - Olga Zheltonogova/Getty Images When lilacs open their fragrant flowers, it's nature's signal that summer's here. It's hard to have enough ...

Although cuttings for propagation are most often taken during the growing season, some plants can be grown from hardwood ...