Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rooting your Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi) cuttings can be a rewarding way to propagate this holiday plant. The ...

Propagating new plants by taking cuttings from your current favorites is always a fun endeavor — until they fail to root. So, to avoid such torment, some gardeners aid their cuttings with rooting ...

The best time to take a cutting from a money tree is in the morning when the plant is the most hydrated and least stressed. Choose a healthy stem that’s a few inches long with several leaves. You want ...

One of gardening’s best secrets is that it’s fairly easy to produce your own free new plants by persuading cut branch tips to grow roots. A surprising number of trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, fruit ...

Those hard-to-find salmon-colored geraniums or deep-purple coleus in your yard doesn't have to wither away with fall's first frost. Take cuttings and root them to grow as houseplants you enjoy indoors ...

Key Points Rosemary is a tender perennial that can be overwintered successfully in colder climates by taking cuttings.Take a ...

Plant propagation is a way of creating new plants from existing ones. When a genetically identical, exact duplicate of a plant is desired, cuttings are frequently used. A cutting is a piece of a plant ...

Discover how to grow basil from cuttings taken from store-bought herbs, for a sustainable way to cultivate basil and enjoy ...

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 ...

Take a cutting of your favorite container plant so you can grow it again next summer. Johnson County K-State Research and Extension Did you have a favorite plant in your container garden this summer?

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...