Willow Water: Mother Nature’s Rooting Hormone
With the return of longer days, a gardener’s mind starts to turn to plant propagation: starting plants from seeds …Continue Reading
Category: Plant propagation
Plant Hunting Season is Here!
Horticultural catalogs begin to arrive in large numbers at the beginning of the year. Seed catalogs tend to arrive first,Continue Reading
Autumn: Not the Best Season for Plant Propagation
To everything there is a season … and fall—especially late fall—is not the best season for plant propagation. Whether it’sContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Growing Aloes From Leaf Cuttings
Question: What’s the secret to growing an aloe from a leaf cutting? I’ve tried it twice, but each time theContinue Reading
How to Overwinter Ornemental Sweet Potatoes
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) may be best known for its delicious tubers, but it has also given rise toContinue Reading
Time to Take Cuttings of Annuals
Many “annuals” in our gardens are not true annuals. Instead, they are “tender perennials.”: perennials from subtropical or tropical climates. IfContinue Reading
Garden Myth: Make Cuttings at a 45° Angle
Sometimes horticultural myths aren’t exactly wrong, it’s just that they add an unneeded complication to what should be simple. SuchContinue Reading
Cuttings in a Water Bottle
You’re traveling and someone offers you a few cuttings to take home? Rather than having to look for a plasticContinue Reading
How to Keep Vegetables From Cross-Pollinating
The recent article Gardening Myth: If You Plant Hot Peppers and Sweet Peppers Together, It Will Alter Their Taste, whichContinue Reading
The Laidback Way to Layer Plants
In the wild, plants mostly reproduce by seed. But the second most common method is layering. Oddly enough, few gardenersContinue Reading