Many woody plants can be rooted easily. Although this is usually left to professionals, almost any home gardener can do it successfully. If you have any woody plants in your garden, you probably have some which began their lives as summer-wood slips or cuttings. Proper Timing For Success Rooting Proper timing is probably the most … Read more
Our choicest, most magnificent shrubs and trees, formerly had to be propagated in the greenhouse and pampered there for months or even years (making them very costly), can now be grafted easily and simply in open ground by tire beginners. Moreover, the resulting plant material is far superior to the greenhouse product. The Plastic Plant … Read more
How many have had a gorgeous delphinium bloom take first prize, and maybe “Best Spike in the Show,” and have prided themselves that they had a beautiful plant only to have that plant Winter-kill or pass out from some other delphinium ill? Such disappointments are keenly felt, more so because they are unnecessary. For example, … Read more
Anybody can do it! All it takes is a little bit of special plastic film called Polyethylene, a sharp knife, some moist sphagnum moss, and a little rooting powder. With these materials, any gardener can propagate new shrubs and trees without using a hotbed. New Polyethylene Film Experimentation John Creech of the United States Department … Read more
If you grow camellias now in your greenhouse and you’d like more of them, here are some pointers to keep in mind about propagating them. I have been growing camellias in my Oregon greenhouse for 10 years, and I have found the following method a good one for propagating the following: Camellia Cuttings You can … Read more
You will discover many advantages in knowing how to increase perennials in this way. I do it mostly for fun, as a hobby. I like to discover how many of my garden plants I can propagate by stern cuttings. Also, I like to exchange perennials with many other gardeners. My choice plants may not be … Read more
So you are interested in propagating African violet plants! Once you start growing Saintpaulias, it will not be long until you are interested in African violet propagation. Soon you will feel like the old woman in the shoe — you’ll have so many “children” you won’t know what to do. There is no stopping Saintpaulia … Read more
Regarding labor-saving devices, the amateur gardener has not been forgotten. Hoping for a break from the elements is as passe as the recipe that calls for a dash of this and a pinch of that. Nevertheless, uncertainty is rapidly disappearing in the growth of seedlings. An article appeared in the January 1918 Flower Grower entitled … Read more
There’s nothing new about this cutting box – it’s not even my design. What amazes me is that people can keep plants without them or something like it. It has dozens of uses for germinating, propagating, and nursing ailing plants. It is simple to make, pleasant to look at, handy to have around, and costs … Read more
Lillies are easily a close competitor of guinea pigs as regards the rapidity with which they may be propagated. Practically all species and varieties normally increase themselves by splitting the mother bulb or by forming small bulblets on the underground portion of the flower stem. A few, such as Lillian tigrinum, Myriophyllum, sargentiae, and bulbiferum, … Read more