Techniques

Many popular perennials must be divided in order to do well in (or not take over) the garden. Learn how to use a sharp spade to cut the clumps apart and spread the perennial love.

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!)

Jade plants are tough, easy-to-care-for houseplants that work well as tabletop decor or can be allowed to grow large enough to become floor specimens. Here’s a look at how to care for this indoor succulent, as well as a few tips for propagating it.

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.

Instead of tossing the top of your pineapple in the trash, turn it into a tasty treasure! Once rooted (and with a little patience), pineapple is an easy-to-grow tropical plant that can reward you and your family with sweet fruit for years to come!

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.

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.

Want to expand your herb garden, bring some inside to overwinter for next year or help a friend start her own culinary bed? It’s easy to do! Here’s how to grow new plants from your existing ones with a few simple propagation techniques.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Growing plants from seed is lots of fun and rewarding for all ages. (Best of all, it’s not that difficult!) Learn the tips to successful seed starting and begin turning your thumb that deep shade of green. (Now let’s get sowing!)

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.

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.

It’s time to get crafty. The window rooter adds a new dimension to windowsill gardening – propagation! Create a custom piece of art that decorates your window and promotes new plants from vegetative cuttings. It’s fun. It’s inexpensive. And it gives you another location to garden!

Small wood flats make sprouting seed easy – and they’re more decorative than ugly plastic flats. Here’s how you can make your own.