Save money and get more and more of your favourite plants by sowing seeds, taking cuttings, dividing, grafting and layering
Air layering is a method of propagating new trees and shrubs from stems still attached to the parent plant. The stem is ...
Many bulbs readily multiply by producing offsets without any help from the gardener. But as well as taking ...
Chip budding is one of the easier forms of grafting. A bud, rather than a shoot, is attached to a rootstock to make a ...
Many climbers do well from cuttings, having a natural tendency to root easily from their stems. A slightly different ...
It can be a fitting tribute to celebrate the life or work of a friend or relative to name a plant after them. ...
Hardwood cuttings provide an easy and reliable method of propagating a range of deciduous climbers, trees and shrubs, ...
Root cuttings can be used to propagate a range of herbaceous perennials in late autumn or early winter when the ...
Semi-ripe cuttings are an easy way to propagate a wide range of hardy climbers, herbs, ground-cover plants, shrubs and ...
Softwood cuttings can be used to propagate a wide range of perennials and deciduous shrubs, as well as some trees, ...
Easily grown from seed, a vast choice of hardy annuals is available to offer long-lasting flowers during the warmer ...
For flavour and freshness home-grown herbs are unbeatable. Sowing and harvesting herbs such as coriander, chervil dill, ...
Ideal for seeds that need warmth to germinate and grow, such as tender and half-hardy ornamentals and vegetables, ...
Sowing seeds outdoors is an easy and inexpensive way to grow a wide range of plants. It’s ideal if you ...
Simple layering is one of the easiest methods of propagating new plants. Unlike cuttings, which have to survive on ...
Some plants can be propagated from a whole or a part of a leaf. It is an easy way to increase numbers of our favourite ...
Micropropagation and plant tissue culture refer to the practice of growing plants under laboratory conditions in ...
Ornamental grasses can be divided to produce more plants, or simply to reduce the size of a clump and prevent plants ...
Propagation is a cost effective way to increase stocks of your favourite pond plants. Many popular pond plants are ...
Suckering shrubs such as Aronia, bay, Sarcococca and species roses can send up new shoots or ...
Propagating plants is a rewarding and fascinating process to obtain new plants. Select the appropriate method and ...
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