The current dormant season is the right time for dividing perennials, reported in last week’s column. It is also the right time to propagate plants from hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs and ...

Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

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Taking hardwood cuttings is easy and often the only way to propagate many trees and shrubs. Follow our guide to turning a hardwood stem into a vigorous new plant. Take hardwood cuttings at the end of ...

Taking hardwood cuttings by far the easiest way to propagate the shrubby plants in your garden. This propagation method is suitable for nearly all deciduous woody plants including trees, shrubs, ...

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 ...

Answer: The short answer: Not now. Fig trees (Ficus carica) are one of the relatively few species that propagate easier from hardwood cuttings than softwood. Hardwood just means dormant, older growth.

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