Want to keep tender herbs, annuals, and veggies alive through winter, but don’t have a lot of space indoors for growing plants? Taking cuttings of your favorite plants in fall and rooting them either ...

You've been smart with your fuchsia plant. You didn't let this flowering perennial beauty die, because you brought it indoors for the freezin' season. Part of prepping this pollinator-magnet for ...

There is a species of fuchsia in New Zealand that stands as big as a house, though the flowers are not so large! Mostly they are bushes that stand around a metre tall, and they essentially come from ...

My young granddaughter rooted her first cutting aged four. She wanted a fuchsia flower from my garden, but I said: 'We can do better than that. We can grow a new plant, especially for you.' I helped ...

Roger Little, of Almaden, was rooting a fuchsia cutting on a shelf outside his kitchen window when he got a bit of a surprise — a beautiful bloom had developed on the cutting. It seems nature was not ...

Leaves lying on lawns or covering vulnerable plants need clearing. Use a wire rake, or one with rubber teeth. Leaves are easier to handle, and rot down more rapidly, if gathered when damp. If you have ...

Spring is a great time to make new plants for free by taking softwood cuttings - here is our guide to taking a cutting from a ...