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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are ...

There are many benefits to propagating plants from hardwood cuttings. It's quite low-maintenance, the stems are often more resilient than softwood cuttings and it can reliably allow you multiply the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by Jessica Damiano demonstrates the use of bypass pruners to take a hardwood cutting from a redtwig dogwood ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...