Propagating Plants, Trees, and Bushes

Learn how to prune crape myrtles. Make the right cuts to improve the tree's looks and health and get a great show next spring.

The azalea is a familiar springtime flowering shrub with plenty to offer in the looks department. Read about how to care for them here on Gardener’s Path.

Rooting azaleas from established plants is an easy way to have additional plants. Rooting your own azaleas is practically free, and you propagate many new plants from a single azalea bush. Even if you have just a 6-inch pot, you can have as many as 20 to 30 cuttings taking root.

Rosemary is a perennial herb and easy to propagate from stem cuttings to make more plants. Rosemary infuses lots of flavor in cooking but it also is a lovely ingredient in this light and clean-smelling, simmering potpourri. Learn to propagate rosemary and make a simmering potpourri from it.

You can grow azaleas from seeds, but that?s not your best bet if you want your new plants to resemble the parent. The only way to be certain you?ll get clones of a favorite azalea is to propagate them from azalea stem cuttings. This article will help with that.

The piney scent of a rosemary plant is a favorite of many gardeners. Because rosemary is such a wonderful herb, many gardeners want to know how to propagate rosemary. This article can help with that.

Chinese fringe flower shrub or Loropetalum cuttings root quickly and with minimal fuss, making them a boon for both beginner and advanced gardeners.

How to Start an Azalea Plant From a Cutting. Azalea belongs to the Rhododendron genus, which includes evergreen and deciduous varieties. Although the plants are similar, evergreen varieties remain green year round, while deciduous varieties decorate the landscape with bright foliage color before losing their leaves in ...

Gardens in the southern United States are awash with the magenta colors of Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense var. rubrum). Introduced into the trade in the 1980's, it has become one of th...

propagation || layers | cuttings | grafts | seed | other || Azaleas can be propagated sexually, from seed, or asexually (vegetatively) from cuttings, layers, grafts or by tissue culture. Different seedlings from a cross between two different azaleas may exhibit characteristics of either parent and anything in between. While seedlings from a self-pollinated species … Continue reading "Propagation"

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Can You Root a Tree From a Japanese Cherry Tree Branch?. The Japanese flowering cherry (Prunus serrulata) is a popular ornamental tree. It has white or pink blossoms from April to early May and the leaves turn reddish bronze in autumn. The tree grows well in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 5 to 8. ...

When choosing broadleaf evergreen shrubs for Southern landscapes, it is easy to fall back on the ones that we see in neighbors' yards and the ones that are commonly available. Every neighborhood is...

Tibouchina is a large genus of flowering plants commonly referred to as glory bushes. The most commonly cultivated species within the genus is "Tibouchina urvilleana," or princess flower, which is a shrubby plant grown for its velvety leaves and summertime display of bright purple flowers.