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.

For budget-minded gardeners, propagating hardy perennials from roots is an especially easy way to multiply your crops for free. Certain hardy perennials, such as Oriental poppies, will produce stem ...

Growing plants from cuttings is a great way to expand—or share—the beauty of any garden. Perhaps you’d like to preserve a flower with family history, increase your collection of favorite blooms or ...

Root cuttings need reasonable compost, a moderate but steady temperature, space and a little patience. But, unlike stem or leaf cuttings, root cuttings develop underground so you can't see what's ...

STRICTLY speaking you should do root cuttings when you divide your perennial plants in autumn or at the start of winter, but if you didn’t have time you can have a go now – while we still have two ...

And although dividing plants is one of the best ways of increasing their numbers, you can also try taking root cuttings too. This sounds far more difficult than it really is, since all you have to do ...

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 ...