MANILA, Philippines - Rooting hormones or substances that promote the development of roots are used to increase the percentage of rooting on cuttings. Rooting hormones are called auxins. Auxins ...

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.

Free plants are the best type of plants, and there's a lot of satisfaction to be had by taking a cutting and watching it grow. But, there's a knack to striking a cutting and different methods to use.

Maybe you, like me, look out at your garden sometimes and see a plant and think, “I wish I had gotten more of those!” If you are like me, you think this right after the plant nurseries move on to ...

Mussaendas, ixoras, gardenias, pentas and coffee are all related, and belong to a very large family of plants comprising over 600 genera and 10,000 species. The first three I have named are of ...

One of the easiest, yet most rewarding and useful tasks that you can do in spring is to take softwood cuttings of hardy and half-hardy perennials. It is the obvious way of increasing your stock for ...

My young granddaughter rooted her first cutting aged four. She wanted a fuchsia flower from my garden, but I said: 'We can do better than that. We can grow a new plant, especially for you.' I helped ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The prices of plants have risen far faster than this summer’s dahlias. On my shopping trail, 10 per cent ...

Discover 7 houseplant cuttings to take in February. Experts share their top picks and advise on how to root them for double the plants by spring.

A guide to simple plants to propagate in February from hardwood cuttings before the window shuts at the end of the month, ...