This is the first instalment of a new gardening series that examines the secrets of success in plant parenting. Read more at ...

Plants that grow from cuttings can fill your garden with lush flowers, herbs, and more for minimal effort and cost. You can take cuttings from mature plants you already have or ask people you know for ...

Rachel Spicer is interested in how woody plants adapt, evolve and survive in different environments. Research in her lab is focused on the biology of trees, shrubs and lianas – anything with a large ...

Gardening expert Adam Frost said that April, the shoulder season of spring, is when gardeners should prune trees and certain types of plants too. READ MORE: 'Amazing' Tower air fr ...

Follow our guide to turning a hardwood stem into a vigorous new plant ... Select strong, healthy, straight woody shoots. Using sharp secateurs, cut just above a bud or pair of buds at the junction ...

It is not used for woody plants such as trees ... at your plants you will see a central growing tip at the top of the stem. Below this, there will be a pair of leaves or shoots on the central ...