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Free Plants from Cuttings: Propagating Pelargoniums and other Woody Herbs
Bright indirect light or a light shelf will work best, as direct sunlight will cook your cuttings. However, Pelargoniun 'Coconut' will set viable seeds. In fact, growingvariety, since its growth habit makes it hard to get good cuttings.Your new little...
California
El Segundo
Top Twelve Garden Plants to Grow from Cuttings
The good thing is, you can always try something else and sooner or later, you will have new plant babies. Some plants simply will not root by cuttings. How was it that our ancestors had such lovely gardens when there were no horticulture groups, garden...
California
El Segundo
Starting Deciduous Plants from Hardwood Cuttings
Now is a good time to make hardwood cuttings, especially of deciduous trees, shrubs, and other woody plants. Make sure a leaf bud is at the top and bottom of the cutting, for this will be where new growth occurs.
California
El Segundo
Exciting Diascia Varieties You\'ll \
To the left, an unknown pink trailing Diascia, and to the right, courtesy of Ball Horticultural Co., 'Romeo White' ('Balwinwite' PP17,176), a brand-new trailing Diascia, image property of Ball Hort.
California
El Segundo
Minnie and the Rose Cuttings
It's always fun to plant rose cuttings under cut plastic bottles and even funnier to watch them grow into beautiful roses. Bottles are removed when night temperatures are higher than 50F (10C).But this was all before I had Minnie, when only Miss Mole...
California
El Segundo
Natural Rooting Methods – Organic Rooting Options For Cuttings
You can make your ownCut a few new shoots from a willow and slice them into 1 inch (3 cm) pieces.Steep the willow pieces in water for a few days to create a willow tea.Dip your cuttings in the tea directly before planting them, and their survival rate...
Ohio
Willoughby
A facelift for your \
Possibilites proliferate, matching up the perfect plant with container and matching the plant and container to a shelf or table in the house...well I have to admit, I love playing with plants and can get carried away.
California
El Segundo
Keeping A Mother Plant: Using Stock Plants For Propagation
Choose healthy, superior examples of your preferred species of plant when using stock plants for propagation.Stock plants are healthy specimens of plants you wish to propagate. This includes proper lighting, moisture, nutrition and controlling the growing...
Ohio
Willoughby
Propagating With Semi-Hardwood Cuttings: How To Do a Snap Test For Semi-Hardwood Cuttings
Their success relies on the cut stems not being too young, yet also not too old when the cutting is taken. If the plant breaks but not with a clean break, then it is likely past semi-hardwood and should be propagated in winter by hardwood cuttings.Doing...
Ohio
Willoughby
About Semi-Hardwood Cuttings – Information On Semi-Hardwood Propagation
The plant should be healthy with no signs of pests or disease, and should have no flowers or buds.Cut the stem just below a node, which is the small protrusion where leaves, buds or branches will grow.
Ohio
Willoughby
What Are Root Cuttings: Information On Taking Cuttings From Root Growth
If you feel that the foliage is pale or the plant isn't growing at the expected rate, feed it with When they finally show themselves, remove the bag or plastic wrap. Root cutting propagation isn't right for all plants, but for a select few it is ideal.
Ohio
Willoughby
Honey As A Root Hormone: How To Root Cuttings With Honey
Keep reading to learn more about how to use honey for cuttings.We all know that honey has many health benefits. That said, you might want to experiment to find the one that works well for you, yielding the best results.
Ohio
Willoughby
Root Stimulating Hormone: How To Use Rooting Hormones For Plant Cuttings
Rooting hormone will increase the chance of successful plant rooting in most cases. All types of rooting hormones are available from online garden sites or at most garden supply stores.Successful propagation always begins with a fresh and clean cut.
Ohio
Willoughby
Tropical Hibiscus - Fragile, Fleeting, and Fabulous
The blooms may only last a day, and you have to be careful about temperatures, but these gorgeous lovelies are well worth planting. Now you are ready for the new cuttings.You want to find a fairly sturdy, but not thick branch of the parent.
California
El Segundo
Spotlight on Propagating Houseplants
(Check every couple of days to make sure the soil doesn't dry out or that the cutting isn't getting waterlogged.)Press a cup of water into the middle of the pot and cover everything with plastic wrap.
California
El Segundo
Trailing Coleus: Overwintering in a Basket
This ancient and versatile species of Coleus lends itself to hanging baskets which can be used to overwinter all your favorite cultivars. All that tending and diligence has got me here, and now I must choose.rooting some cuttings in water, and potting...
California
El Segundo
Bells-of-Ireland: A Lucky Charm for Your Garden
Small rounded and serrated leaves grow from the sides of the stalks, and a pair of small, sharp spines lies beneath every calyx. They look especially lovely when paired with flowers of white or soft pastels like pink, peach or pale yellow or blue.
California
El Segundo
How peculiar: A green flower
As fall approaches, its greenish blooms take on a rosy tinge. Here's a few of my favorite green flowers to put in and around your garden to evoke a reaction of your own. This Standard Dwarf Bearded blooms pale yellow-green standard and falls with a bright...
California
El Segundo
How peculiar: Green cultivars
Olive green, lime green, chartreuse, Kelly greensome of the many wonderful shades of green that can grace our gardens. Besides the interesting stories that each specimen carries, the rose itself has a very unique history.
California
El Segundo
Green Grows the Garden
Both reach between 12 and 18 inches tall. Two taller lime green choices, reaching from 36- to 48-inch high, are. Green -- the color of youth and optimism -- is never more welcome than in spring.
California
El Segundo
Incredible Edible Flowers
Just looking for something a little different to dine on? Tired of the same old meat and potatoes? Seal tightly and let set for 4 to 6 weeks; you'll have some new flavorings for those fresh spring salads.
California
El Segundo
Black-Eyed Susan and Other Rudbeckias
Noteworthy varieties include: For the longest cut flower life, you should avoid exposing bouquets containing black-eyed Susan to ethylene sources such as ripening fruit.Most of the 25 types of rudbeckia are native to the East and Midwest, but many are...
California
El Segundo
Homemade Flower Food for Fresh-Cut Flowers
Be sure to choose regular citrus sodas, not the diet forms, such as regular 7-Up or Sprite, for example. Sugar encourages bacteria growth while at the same time it feeds your flowers.
California
Santa Monica
Birth Flowers
Roses have many different meanings depending on the color when given in bouquets.Pink - does not have the passion of red roses, but still conveys the feelings of loveWhite - illicits innocence, purity, secrecy and friendshipYellow with red tips - means...
California
El Segundo
Salvia Delights Gardeners and Wildlife
The vast majority are drought tolerant and do well in hot, dry conditions. Mouse over the pictures for identification and picture credits.Most people grow salvias for their long-lasting color in the garden.
California
El Segundo
Back From The Brink: Rejuvenating an Old Episcia
There is a lot to be said about sick & dying plants. First, I'll remove any dead leaves. I use a regular store bought soil and add extra perlite.Water them in well and place somewhere warm and shady.
California
El Segundo
Fan Flower Plants: Growing And Caring For Fan Flowers
These are mostly herb and shrub plants native to Australia and New Guinea. The blooms arrive all summer and are fan shaped, and most commonly blue but also come in white and pink. The plant's Latin name means ‘left-handed,' referring to the one sided...
Ohio
Willoughby