When your favorite succulent gets too tall and leggy, what should you do? Many rosette forming succulents like Echeveria, ...

If you’re a gardener interested in propagating your own garden and landscape plants, Purdue has just the tool for you. Purdue University’s “Plant Propagation” CD-ROM is kind of like a well-illustrated ...

To continue from last week's column, another way to propagate plants is through grafting by either buds or scion. This method is used to create a new tree or shrub. Since this is a different form of ...

A cutting from a plant is grafted (attached) on to the stem of another plant. The cut surfaces of the two plants grow together. A plant variety that grows poorly but produces desirable products such ...

In South Louisiana, all of the citrus trees we grow are grafted. So, too, are many other fruit and nut trees, rose bushes and camellia plants. Grafting is a common horticulture technique. It's an ...

The process of growing many plants from one plant by man-made methods is called artificial propagation of plants. A number of methods of artificial propagation of plants are used in agriculture and ...

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, ...

When I was 10 years old, crawling under Mr. Bryon’s barbed wire fence gathering flower bulbs, I didn’t know I was doing basic propagation. I only wanted my playhouse to look pretty. Asexual plant ...

I’ll be honest: I’m far from a perfect plant mum. I’ve made my fair share of common plant mistakes and have struggled to adequately care for even the most resilient plants. But, since I tried plant ...