Taking cuttings from some of our favourite plants guarantees fresh ones for next year. It’s easy and it doesn’t matter if some of them die in a couple of weeks, just have another go. Cuttings are ...

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Whereas softwood cuttings are taken entirely from new growth (and therefore usually taken earlier in the year), semi-ripe cuttings are taken from the current season’s wood that has started to harden ...

Years ago, before the proliferation of fancy garden centers with huge stocks of annuals, perennials, fancy tea roses and exotic plants from all over the world, ordinary people didn’t do much ...

It is relatively easy to take cuttings and it is an extremely satisfying method of propagating many plants. However, there are several common mistakes that can cause your cuttings to fail to root ...

Even some experienced gardeners are a little shy of taking cuttings, and many novices see it as advanced-level horticulture. But nothing could be further from the truth. There is no easier way of ...

Boost numbers of your favourite plants for free by taking semi-ripe cuttings from the current season's growth that is just beginning to ripen and harden. Try climbers (ivy, passion flower, solanum and ...

IF you want to increase your stock for next year, you can start off by taking semi-ripe cuttings from all sorts of shrubs and herbs, soft fruit and lavender, now through to the first half of September ...

These shoots should feel pliable, yet firm. The spaces between clematis leaf nodes are usually several inches or more, so internodal cuttings are taken from semi-ripe wood (preferably without flowers) ...

JULY is a good time to take cuttings from shrubs and climbers. A cutting is a small piece taken from the parent plant which, given the right treatment, will grow into an identical plant. At this time ...

So, what’s in your wallet? Whatever you have in there, keep it there. I have two words for you: free cuttings. Just try it, you’ll like it. Growing plants from cuttings is free — unless you have to ...

Last summer, like a bee lured by a thousand flowers, I took cuttings of anything that caught my eye. Some flouncy hydrangeas, growing in a friend’s woodland garden, that I loved for their lime-green ...