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.

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

To expand your backyard plant nursery, learn about propagating tropical plants! Use heliconia, bamboo, and hibiscus to their fullest potential. You’ll get to watch the plant grow from seed to plant, ...

Poinsettias are an iconic symbol of the winter holiday season, but you can actually enjoy them much longer by using this simple growing technique.

For those who have resolved to grow their indoor jungles even more in 2022, break out some sharp scissors and a vase filled with water. Propagating house plants can be a fun and easy experiment — and ...

I'm trying to root some cuttings from an abutilon, aka flowering maple. I cut 3-inch pieces, stripped most of the leaves and wrapped the cut ends in a damp paper towel and put them in a sealable ...

Propagating plants in winter isn’t always successful since plants grow slower at this time of the year and cuttings are generally harder to root. But if you need to salvage broken plant stems or ...

The indoor-plant market has been hit by two factors: the same inflation affecting everything else, and the pandemic making the acquisition of indoor plants popular. As a result, the two-inch babies ...

In his botanical laboratory at the University of Chicago, Professor George Konrad Karl Link recently made a discovery which he considered so noteworthy that he sent a report of it all the way to ...