Hummingbirds' long, needle-like beaks and thread-thin tongues are perfect for dipping into tubular flowers. Honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.) fits the bill for ideal hummingbird feeding. This fast-growing ...

Wait, can you propagate in the winter? Before identifying plants to propagate in winter, let’s just clear up one tiny myth.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Are you busy propagating plants or trying to make your plant-cutting arrangements last a little longer? Plant cuttings involve taking a leafy plant—think pothos or philodendrons—and cutting it below a ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

Q. I have a golden pothos houseplant that has become a little overgrown. How do I propagate pieces of the plant to give away to friends? A. Taking cuttings of plants allows one to have more plants of ...

As the winter solstice approaches on Dec. 21, signaling the official start of winter and bringing the shortest day and ...

You had to be a little invested to find West Richland’s annual Tapteal Native Plant sale, located along a hidden back road. Once there, people bustled about rows of multicolored bunchgrasses and baby ...