Struggling to grow a successful rose bush in your garden? This isn't uncommon. Roses can be a hard-to-grow variety thanks to their growing requirements and regular maintenance, which leads to ...

Rooting cuttings is a time-honored technique. Starting roses from cuttings can be an easy and low-cost solution to get more plants in your garden. Learn how to root roses and consider checking the ...

Sunflowers, herbs, and many other plants are easy to propagate. You can multiply them by sowing seeds, dividing bulbs and tubers, or starting cuttings from the stems or leaves of most herbaceous ...

The idea of growing rose cuttings in potatoes has been around for a while now, cropping up on blog posts and social media as an easy and budget-friendly trick. Growing new rose bushes for free is ...

Don Hanson freely admits he is a bit of a larcenist when it comes to roses. “Of the hundred or so I have in my garden, there is only one I’ve ever paid for,” Hanson confessed. “All of the rest, I’ve ...

Q.: A friend gave me a cutting of her climbing rose and I planted it in my yard. I bought some topsoil and compost and even bought some rose food. It looks like it is dying off. Is there anything I ...

Remember how you grew a geranium from a wee bit that you pinched off during a garden tour? Succulents, as any chronic plant pincher knows, are also easy to start from cuttings. But you may not know ...

My mom has some old roses that seem to do well with little care. I’d like to grow some new plants from cuttings for my yard. How do I do that? Cuttings are a very rewarding way of growing new plants.

To start cuttings, use a 3- to 4-inch deep tray filled with a soilless mixture made of perlite and peat moss. (Neil Bell) Snipping some cuttings from the garden will produce your own private nursery ...

Texas madrone (Arbutus xalapensis) is an ornamental native Texas tree that is appreciated for its peeling bark, spring flowers and fall berries. Howard Garrett contends it will grow in North Texas and ...

When I think about my grandmother's garden, I remember rows and rows of glass jars called into service as mini-greenhouses for the rose stems she was coaxing to root in the shady soil between the ...