Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This image provided by Jessica Damiano demonstrates the use of bypass pruners to take a hardwood cutting from a redtwig dogwood ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

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Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are actually an ideal time to propagate certain shrubs and trees. Instead of ...

The weather has finally turned the corner so it’s time to stick my elderberry cuttings. I took these hardwood cuttings a few weeks back while the plant I cut them from was still dormant. To keep them ...

The far from scientific term 'green fingered' is usually directed, as a compliment, towards the gardener that has a natural ability or just plain luck to be successful in growing plants with apparent ...

The current dormant season is the right time for dividing perennials, reported in last week’s column. It is also the right time to propagate plants from hardwood cuttings from deciduous shrubs and ...

It's often said that you don't get something for nothing but with taking hardwood cuttings this is simply not true. All it will cost you is a little of your time and a little bit of waiting. And your ...

Our gardens may be preparing for their winter slumbers, but that doesn’t mean we have to rest: It’s time to make free shrubs! The easiest way to propagate woody plants like dogwood, forsythia, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter gardening typically involves keeping your yard tidy and pruning any dormant plants. However, these colder months are ...