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.

My houseplant collection is never quite complete and I'm always looking for ways to get my hands on new plants. One of my ...

A good friend of mine has a houseplant in his office that has been there since I can remember. I don’t think the thing has ever been repotted or fertilized in 20 years. When I asked him about the ...

Hibiscus is easy to propagate, especially hardy varieties—cuttings work best for both types. Take soft-stem cuttings in late spring, use rooting hormone, and keep them moist and warm. Hardy hibiscus ...

Healthy rooted cuttings provide many benefits, including the ability to grow the same strain repeatedly and the ease of maintaining a level canopy. Raise your cloning confidence by learning the tips ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Propagating new plants by taking cuttings from your current favorites is always a fun endeavor — until they fail to root. So, to ...

Occasionally, we here at Ars like to nerd out about things that aren’t smartphones, processors, or dark matter. For a few of us on staff, one of those nerdy pastimes involves the plant biology that is ...