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Grow More Roses With Cuttings
Think propagation is only for the professionals? Guess again! You can reproduce beautiful roses just by taking cuttings from plants and caring for them properly. Use this easy step-by-step guide to learn how you can re-create your unpatented favorites for pennies.
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How to Harvest Seed
Instead of buying more seed of the same plants you have growing in your garden, consider harvesting it from the plants you already have. Collecting seed is easy – and it’s a great way to fill your garden with more of your favorite bloomers.
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Learn How to Air Layer
Typically done in early spring, air layering is a great way to propagate – especially if you’ve got difficult-to-root plants. Not only is it easy to do, chances are you’ve already got all the supplies you need just lying around the house.
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Orange You Curious to Try This?
It doesn’t take much to get a child’s gardening imagination growing. The next time you’re eating an orange, save some seeds and try germinating them – just like our 6-year-old author did with her grandpa!
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Propagating Houseplants by Root Division
With the right propagation technique, you might not have to buy your next houseplant. Root division is a simple technique of separating certain plants at their root zone so you end up with two or more plants. Learn the easy steps to propagating your houseplants by root division.
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Propagating Houseplants From Stem Cuttings
Do you have a favorite houseplant and wish you had more of it? With the right steps, you can easily duplicate most potted beauties without having to buy a new plant. Learn the simple technique to stem cutting propagation – and save money in the long run.
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Propagating Perennials
Propagating perennials is a relatively easy – and economical – way to multiply your favorite plants for transplanting in the garden (or for giving to friends). Learn the four basic methods, as well as tips on how to propagate by root division and layering.
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Quick and Easy Fern Propagation
Ferns are the poster child of plant reproduction via spores, but there’s an easier, faster method to grow your own. (Even better, caring for baby ferns is almost as easy as harvesting them!)
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Roses and the Hybridizing Hobby
If you want to take your love of roses to the next level, maybe it’s time to try hybridizing unpatented beauties. After all, some of the best roses came about by the hands of amateur hybridizers. Just be patient and careful…then keep your love for roses growing!
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Small Wood Flats for Easy Seed Sowing
Small wood flats make sprouting seed easy – and they’re more decorative than ugly plastic flats. Here’s how you can make your own.
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SOS – Save Our Seeds!
We don’t often think about saving seeds anymore – especially since it’s so easy to buy new packs from the store. But harvesting seed from our choice plants is a great way to promote sustainability and preserve the best of what our gardens have to offer! Learn how.
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Success With Stem Cuttings
Propagation by stem cuttings is one of the most common ways to produce new plants. While there are a few special requirements to promote root growth from a piece of stem, it’s not that difficult to do – and you can grow your garden with time and patience instead of money.
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The Steps to Growing Perennial Cuttings
Most plants that have stems or branches bearing leaves can be propagated by taking cuttings. If you’re looking for an interesting, rewarding and economical way to produce more plants from your garden, give this method of propagation a try. Learn the steps to growing perennial cuttings.
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Yes, You Can Do This: Propagating Succulents
Propagating a plant may sound intimidating, but it’s a snap with succulents. Give this practically goof-proof method a try and expand your gardening skills – as well as your plant collection.
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