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How to root snake plant cuttings

There are three easy ways to propagate this popular houseplant.
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 ...
Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas cactus are related plants that are all extremely easy to propagate. When you trim these plants up to encourage more blooms or to neaten leggy stems, save a few of ...
I'll make a confession if you promise to keep it just between you and me. I suffer from OCGD, or as I like to call it, Obsessive Compulsive Gardener's Disorder. Nowhere are the symptoms more obvious ...
One of gardening’s best secrets is that it’s fairly easy to produce your own free new plants by persuading cut branch tips to grow roots. A surprising number of trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, fruit ...
DENVER — If you took cuttings from your patio plants last fall they're probably ready to plant. I mainly concentrate on plants that are easy to root in water, such as coleus, bloodleaf and sweet ...
Propagating houseplants in water is a straightforward, low-waste, and rewarding method to expand your indoor garden. This technique, known as vegetative propagation, involves rooting plant cuttings in ...
Rooting cuttings is a time-honored technique. Starting roses from cuttings can be an easy and low-cost solution to get more plants in your garden. Learn how to root roses and consider checking the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ratchapoom Anupongpan / Getty Images Are you busy propagating plants or trying to make your plant-cutting arrangements last a ...
When is the best time to trim confederate rose bushes? I would like to root some of the branches I cut off. — Jessica Confederate roses (Hibiscus mutabilis) are often killed back by winter freezes, so ...