The Rowan County Extension Master Gardener Volunteers had a super successful plant sale at the Agricultural Center this year. More than 200 people purchased plants from our sale. I hope everyone is as ...

One of the great things about gardening is you don’t have to spend a lot of money to grow some excellent plants. If you have some time and patience, you can propagate a lot of different perennials, ...

Cuttings of 12 azalea cultivars were submerged in 50 C water before propagation, then submerged in a subsequent experiment for 20, 40, 60, and 80 minutes. A third experiment evaluated leaf damage ...

Q: I noticed a branch on my red azalea that had beautiful light pink flowers. How can I reproduce it? Peggy Osterhoudt, Hiram A: Air layering is a great way to make rooted cuttings from your favorite ...

Gardeners can avoid considerable work and worry by putting the right plants in the right places. That means installing foundation plants that stay in bounds and don't block windows or spill out over ...

Azalea cuttings from the National Arboretum, bred from Magnolia Plantation azaleas like these, will rejoin hundreds of thousands of plants now at the plantation gardens. Tom Johnson heads to the ...

One of the first things I learned about growing things was propagation. After all, that's how you get to have a plant to grow in the first place. My mom, who is a great gardener, always started small.

David Gooler, who gardens in Pasadena, responded to a recent column where I mentioned that Nuccio’s, the famed camellia and azalea nursery in Altadena, had been sold. It turns out that, due to the ...