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 ...

A fun way to challenge yourself is to take a softwood cutting to propagate one of your favorite shrubs. Some shrubs that may be propagated are ninebark, lilac, weigela, dogwood and viburnum. The best ...

April is a month of opportunities. Days are lengthening, soils are warming and buds are popping. It gets better. April is also an opportunity to easily propagate many kitchen-garden plants using ...

Imagine a world where you can fill your garden with free lavender: fresh-smelling, beautiful, and bouquet-ready. Now rejoice, because you already live in that world. Lavender is easier to propagate ...

One of the great things about gardening is you don’t have to spend a lot of money to grow some excellent plants. If you have some time and patience, you can propagate a lot of different perennials, ...

One of the great things about gardening is you don’t have to spend a lot of money to grow some excellent plants. If you have some time and patience, you can propagate a lot of different perennials, ...

With a little over two months until the summer solstice, the days are nearing their longest, and accordingly the sap is rising all around us. In the coming weeks most deciduous plants will experience ...

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.

Now is the ideal time to think about taking soft wood cuttings of most of our garden shrubs, including roses. These will produce plants ready to pot up by midsummer. - Choose non-flowering, healthy ...