Understanding a plant’s roots, shoots and growth habits increases the likelihood of success with vegetative reproduction.

COURTESY Plants that propagate by division include this daylily "Lady Neva." Plant propagation simply refers to the reproduction of plants, and occurs by seeds or vegetative means such as cuttings ...

Question: What is it about plants that makes it possible for you to grow them from a cutting rather than having to always start them from seed? I’m planning to expand my garden this season and want to ...

If starting plants from seed is a miracle, then growing them from cuttings and separations must be magic. How else could it be that entire plants can emerge from stems, leaves and roots as magically ...

One of the horticultural practices that nearly always fascinates those who have little background and/or experience with horticultural techniques is the relative ease with which a piece of plant can ...

September and October are two of the most enjoyable months of the gardening season. Day temperatures are cooling, night temperatures become refreshing, rains are quenching a dry summer, and herbs in ...