The idea of growing rose cuttings in potatoes has been around for a while now, cropping up on blog posts and social media as an easy and budget-friendly trick. Growing new rose bushes for free is ...

Sunflowers, herbs, and many other plants are easy to propagate. You can multiply them by sowing seeds, dividing bulbs and tubers, or starting cuttings from the stems or leaves of most herbaceous ...

Learn how and when to cut back low-maintenance Knock Out roses, and what to do if you miss the ideal window so you don't risk ...

The process is easier than you might think. Propagating roses from cuttings in late spring or early summer lets you easily grow more blooms for your garden. Choose semi-hardwood stems, dip them in ...

Q. My Banksia rose was grown from a cutting of an old bush that belonged to my husband's grandmother. I am trying to grow some additional bushes, but I have not been successful. L.D., Houston A. Take ...

From: Carmine Question: Dear Mr. SmartyPlants, I took some cuttings from an antique rose my grandmother had.I had good luck , had some of them grow for me. Some of them have blooms and others are long ...

When I think about my grandmother's garden, I remember rows and rows of glass jars called into service as mini-greenhouses for the rose stems she was coaxing to root in the shady soil between the ...

Jeri Jennings, consulting rosarian with the Philadelphia Rose Society, travels in a motor home, and often takes rose cuttings in out-of-the-way places while on the road. She uses the “oasis” – or ...