Peach trees (Prunus persica) bring year-round beauty with their leaves and flowers as well as fruit. Most peach trees are grown by grafting or budding to help improve their resistance to disease, although they will also grow reliably from cuttings. Cutting-grown peach trees may lack the resili...
Trees don’t die directly from it, but they become vulnerable to blight and attack by creatures such as bark beetles. Pine trees affected: This common mugo pine disease (see picture) causes the most damage to Austrian pine and Ponderosa pine. Red and Scotch pines are also susceptible. Trees...
Give peonies a strong start and they will reward that initial effort with a long lasting presence in the garden. They take time to establish, but once settled are low maintenance and will last for many years. Peonies can be bought as ready-grown plants from garden centres, and a wider ran...
This grafting tutorial takes you through everything you’d need to know to graft fruit trees at home, including grafting apple trees, as well as pear, cherry, plum, and peach. Beyond the basics of bench grafting to create new trees, I’ll also walk you through top working trees in an ...
Azaleas plants are grown from seeds, cuttings, or grafting. Most home gardeners do not start Azaleas from seed. A plant grown from seed takes 2-10 years to produce the first bloom. Most homeowners buy established Azalea plants while in full bloom from a garden store. Azalea plants are oft...
The best time to propagate from cuttings is in late spring or early summer. Use clean, sterilized gardening tools and take your cutting from a well established tree. Strip leaves and flowers from the bottom end of your cutting and sit it upright for between one and four weeks, until the ...
Many succulents can be propagated from just a leaf or a piece of stem, allowing you to grow new plants from cuttings. Additionally, if a succulent does start to decline, prompt action can often revive it, saving the plant from what might seem like certain demise. An Introduction To Out...
To start Bellflowers from seed indoors: Begin 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost in spring. Sow bellflower seeds in trays or cell packs in a standard seed starting mix. Lightly cover seeds with a dusting of vermiculite, but don’t bury them—they need light to germinate. ...
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American and hybrid types can be grown from cuttings on their own roots. European grapes should be grafted to phylloxera-resistant rootstocks. (Phylloxera is a sap-sucking insect related to the aphid feeding on the roots and leaves of grapevines.) ...