It's easy and it's free. It's the best way to stretch your gardening budget. The easiest method is to root cuttings in jars of water. This works for coleus, bloodleaf, cuphea, plectranthus and sweet ...

Houseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances ...

LENDING SUPPORT: Some of the taller gingers, such as hedychium, alpinia and costus, may get top-heavy when they bloom and lean or fall over. A little graceful leaning is generally not an issue, but ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 45, No. 277 (AUGUST 1994), pp. 1085-1089 (5 pages) The occurrence of root pressure, the vulnerability of xylem vessels to drought-induced cavitation, and the ...