'You can start growing new cilantro plants in a jar of water on the windowsill. It is a way to get new herb plants by simply ...

Growing plants from cuttings is a great way to expand—or share—the beauty of any garden. Perhaps you’d like to preserve a flower with family history, increase your collection of favorite blooms or ...

Pothos cuttings can be propagated in water or soil. It takes two to four weeks for new roots to grow from stem cuttings.

Fill a container with moist potting soil and place it next to your string of pearls plant. Take a long stem from the parent ...

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

The top plants to propagate this October, with tips and tricks from an award-winning horticulturalist – from roses to ...

Though gardening season is winding down, there are still a few things that are best done now. It may not seem intuitively obvious, but late fall and early winter are a very good time to propagate many ...

Expand the beauty in your garden by growing new seedlings from fresh cuttings—this is a great planting option because the process is free and saves you a trip to the nursery. To propagate new plants, ...

One early spring many years ago, I brought home a straggly, mostly-green coleus plant labeled purple ducksfoot. My son, a teenager at the time, took one look and asked, “Why would anyone want that?” ...

Editor's note: This is an updated column that was originally published in 2019. There’s an easy way to tell if you’re overwatering a houseplant. If it sends up a periscope and a white flag, cut back ...

Are your geraniums, coleus or begonias looking scraggly? Giving them a trim now will bring on a flush of fall growth and supply you with cuttings for starting your own new plants. You can take stem ...