Plant Care & Propagation

How to Use Unheated Cold Frames with Confidence in an Uncertain Season

How to Use Unheated Cold Frames with Confidence...

Learn how unheated cold frames affect temperature, humidity and light, and how to ventilate, insulate and place them so you can grow and overwinter plants confidently despite weather uncertainty.

How to Use Unheated Cold Frames with Confidence...

Learn how unheated cold frames affect temperature, humidity and light, and how to ventilate, insulate and place them so you can grow and overwinter plants confidently despite weather uncertainty.

Hardening Off Young Garden Shrubs: Preparing Nursery Plants for Permanent Ground

Hardening Off Young Garden Shrubs: Preparing Nu...

Learn how to harden off young garden shrubs before planting, with a staged exposure schedule, watering guidance and planting-out steps.

Hardening Off Young Garden Shrubs: Preparing Nu...

Learn how to harden off young garden shrubs before planting, with a staged exposure schedule, watering guidance and planting-out steps.

Choosing Companion Plants for a Small Greenhouse

Choosing Companion Plants for a Small Greenhouse

Learn how to select complementary plants for a small greenhouse using growth habit, mature size, light zones and container fit so plants share space without crowding.

Choosing Companion Plants for a Small Greenhouse

Learn how to select complementary plants for a small greenhouse using growth habit, mature size, light zones and container fit so plants share space without crowding.

How to Plan a Post-Transplant Recovery Area Using the Space You Have

How to Plan a Post-Transplant Recovery Area Usi...

Use the space you have to plan transplant recovery. Match batch size, staging, pots and potting mix to your light and bench area for healthier plants.

How to Plan a Post-Transplant Recovery Area Usi...

Use the space you have to plan transplant recovery. Match batch size, staging, pots and potting mix to your light and bench area for healthier plants.

Soil Testing for Herbaceous Perennials: Turn a Broad Report Into Bed-Level Decisions

Soil Testing for Herbaceous Perennials: Turn a ...

Learn how to sample a perennial bed, read a soil test report and adapt broad amendment advice to one border of herbaceous perennials.

Soil Testing for Herbaceous Perennials: Turn a ...

Learn how to sample a perennial bed, read a soil test report and adapt broad amendment advice to one border of herbaceous perennials.

Water-Rooted Stem Cuttings: Choosing Containers That Do More Than Hold Water

Water-Rooted Stem Cuttings: Choosing Containers...

Learn how container depth, opening size, material and design affect water-rooted stem cuttings, and how to choose a vessel that supports the stem, limits rot and makes rooting progress easy...

Water-Rooted Stem Cuttings: Choosing Containers...

Learn how container depth, opening size, material and design affect water-rooted stem cuttings, and how to choose a vessel that supports the stem, limits rot and makes rooting progress easy...