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, ...

Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

Q: I have a snowball viburnum that I would like to propagate. What kind of cuttings will work best? And when is the best time to start making the cuttings? A: Propagating new plants from your own ...

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 ...

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 ...

Several years ago, we planted a small patch of elderberries. This year we decided to expand our patch by propagating more from our existing bushes. There are several ways to propagate new elderberry ...