Propagating Tradescantia is easy thanks to the plant's fast-growing roots. Cuttings can be propagated in water or soil and ...

What is better than free plants? Many common garden plants root easily from cuttings, giving you full-grown plants in half the time it takes to start from seed. Otherwise known as propagation, plant ...

Growing your garden from seeds or cuttings that you’ve started yourself not only gives you a sense of satisfaction, it also gives you amazing variety. Horticulturist Kathy Echols says shes been ...

Maybe you, like me, look out at your garden sometimes and see a plant and think, “I wish I had gotten more of those!” If you are like me, you think this right after the plant nurseries move on to ...

If you want beautiful, full, diverse planters without the hefty price tag, you may consider propagating your plants. Propagation is the process of growing new plants from clippings of existing plants.

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

Monstera deliciosa, aka Swiss cheese plant, gives any space a tropical, modern look. If you want to expand your indoor jungle for free, this houseplant is easy to propagate into m ...

A rooted softwood cutting is shown July 1 in New Paltz, N.Y. Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you'll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, ...

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 ...

Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cactus are related plants that are all extremely easy to propagate. When you trim these plants up to encourage more blooms or to neaten leggy stems, save a few of ...