The Fascinating Sex Life of Plants
We were taught this in school: bees collect pollen from one flower and carry it to another, ensuring pollination. OnceContinue Reading
Category: Plant propagation
Answers to Your Questions: Tomatoes That Aren’t Growing, Spirea to Be Moved
Tomato That Won’t Grow My tomato plant is sick. What’s wrong with it? Is the soil contaminated? Is excess moistureContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Thuja Seeds and Transplanting
Thuja Seeds The cedars at my cottage are magnificent and produce lots of cones. Can these cones be sown, andContinue Reading
Rose Cuttings in a Potato
This article tackles a popular gardening technique: rooting rose cuttings in potatoes. While this method can work, it’s largely unnecessary.Continue Reading
How to Save a Rotting Cactus
Rot is arguably the worst enemy of cacti indoors. In this article, originally published on February 12, 2019, Larry HodgsonContinue Reading
Answers to Your Questions: Making Cuttings of a Weeping Willow
Question I planted a weeping willow that has dried out, but is producing regrowth at the base. I cut 3Continue Reading
Have Seed, Will Travel
With March, the month of sowing, fast approaching, it can be interesting to study one of nature’s most fascinating phenomena:Continue Reading
Do You Really Have to Divide Perennials?
Many gardening books emphasize the importance of dividing perennials according to a specific schedule. For each variety described, they inevitablyContinue Reading
Rooting Coleus In Water
An easy way to propagate many plants is to root the stems in water. Since I’m particularly fond of Coleus,Continue Reading
Air Rooting For Difficult Succulent Cuttings
Taking stem cuttings of coleus and philodendrons is simple. Just insert the stems into a pot of moist potting mix,Continue Reading