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Propagating Roses from Cuttings

Updated : December 31, 2014

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Propagating Roses from Cuttings www.freeplants.com Copyright © 2011 McGroarty Enterprises Inc. The propagation of Roses.  Boy this must be hard to do.  Roses are a mystery to many gardeners.   Something so beautiful must be really difficult to grow from cuttings, at least so think some gardeners.  This is not the case at all.  Roses… Click here to read more…

Easy Winter Time Plant Propagation that You Can Do at Home.

Updated : August 18, 2015

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Hardwood cuttings, rooted and ready to be potted up.

I am going to show you how to grow all the flowering shrubs you want, absolutely free of charge.  This really does work, in the dead of winter, outside in the cold, snow and freezing weather.  I’ll prove it to you. I know, I know, I know!  The plants in the picture look like dead… Click here to read more…

How to Plant Rosemary from Cuttings

Updated : December 18, 2014

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Fresh Rosemary is one of the most fragrant and flavorful herbs to have in your garden! Some studies have also shown that essential oil from rosemary, when sniffed, improves your memory. How to Plant Rosemary from Cuttings Step 1: Gather your Equipment One or several 6 to 8 inch spring of Rosemary Small planting pot(s)… Click here to read more…

Growing Basil From Seed

Updated : December 12, 2014

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Growing basil from seed is a simple, inexpensive way to keep fresh herbs at your fingertips.  Basil is pretty commonly grown.  You should have no problem finding seeds in the garden section of nearly any store in the springtime. You can start your seeds indoors or out.  If you are going to start your seeds… Click here to read more…

How To Prune Shrubs and Other Landscape Plants

Updated : September 3, 2019

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When is the best time to prune shrubs in your landscape? The answer is:  When it needs it. Some experts might tell you that you need to wait until winter or early spring to cut back your shrubs or trees.  Here at Mike’s Plant Farm, we ignore the calendar and prune as needed. We prune… Click here to read more…

An Important Lesson for All Plant Propagators

Updated : December 1, 2014

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Mike and I were walking through the nursery yesterday discussing what we wanted to shoot our next “Mondays With Mike” video about.  As we walked past a row of plants in the container area Mike said, “Hey Amber, check out the arborvitae”.    As I walked closer to the grouping of evergreens tagged as Arborvitae ‘Emerald… Click here to read more…

Hardwood Cuttings, Softwood Cuttings, Plant Selling Success.

Updated : September 25, 2014

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This is from our “Mondays with Mike” Series. Of February 2nd of 2014 I posted This about Doing Hardwood Cuttings in the Dead of Winter.  Beautiful winter photos, bitter cold!  It got down to -15 degrees F. here in Ohio and we had many other days well below zero.  How in the world can you… Click here to read more…

Rooted Cuttings. How to pot and or plant them, how, when, how often and how much to prune them.

Updated : September 10, 2019

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Tango Weigela Rooted Cutting/Liner in desperate need of pruning.

Rooting cuttings is easy, I’ve been teaching people how to do it online since 1999.  But once the cuttings are rooted how do care for them?  How do you plant or pot them?  When should they be first pruned? All great questions that folks have.  People get all caught up in the process of rooting… Click here to read more…

The Secret to Selling Lots and Lots of Plants.

Updated : April 20, 2015

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Anybody Can Sell a lot of Plants, and I Do Mean Anybody! Tens of thousands of plants if that’s what your heart desires. But . . . in order for that to happen you have to get off of the couch, out into the backyard and make it happen.  You have to quit talking yourself… Click here to read more…

How to Root Purple Sandcherry, prunus cistena from Hardwood Cuttings.

Updated : October 27, 2019

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Purple Flowering Sandcherry, prunus cistena, is an extremely popular flowering shrub.  Covered with tiny pinkish white blooms in the spring and deep purple leaves all summer long make this an all time favorite shrub.  But unlike many flowering flowering shrubs, this one is a bit tricky to propagate from softwood cuttings.  The softwood cuttings fail… Click here to read more…

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Complete Guides

Growing, Rooting and Propagating Dappled Willow in Tree Form from Cuttings.

Growing Seeds, Winter Sowing, in Milk Jugs and Kitty Litter Jugs.

The Correct Way to Pot Rooted Cuttings, Nursery Stock Liners and other Plants.

Training Arborvitae and other Conical Evergreens to Grow with a Single Leader.

How to Propagate, Root Cuttings, of Dwarf Alberta Spruce.

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'Bubblegum Blast' Bee Balm.

‘Bubblegum Blast’ Bee Balm

This beautiful Bee Balm is part of the 'Sugar Buzz' series. I planted these in my perennial bed last summer and this year they are beautiful and blooming like crazy! They grow from 16" to 24" tall, are hardy from zone 4 through zone 8. They love full sun … Read Full Article

Blue Angel Hosta.

‘Blue Angel’ Hosta.

'Blue Angel'hosta is by far one of my favorite blue hostas. A big hosta like this in a perennial bed covers a lot of area and that keeps a ton of weeds at bay! These giant heart shaped leaves are very slug resistant. We have this plant in full sun. With … Read Full Article

Big Daddy Hosta.

‘Big Daddy’ Hosta

'Big Daddy' hosta is one of my favorite big hostas, mostly because it's big, it's blue and it has very interested leaves that are a bit dimpled. Big Daddy hosta gets about 24" tall and 36" wide. It's hardy in zones 3 through 9, the flowers are blends of … Read Full Article

'Humpback Whale' hosta.

‘Humpback Whale’ Hosta.

We sold out of 'Humpback Whale' hosta pretty early this year. Humpback Whale is pretty impressive hosta and this one really hasn't matured yet because they can get three feet high and 7 feet wide. I've also seen photos of them that show them to be a lot … Read Full Article

Ice Plant, delosperma

Ice Plant, delosperma

How pretty is that? And it's a ground hugging perennial that comes back year and year. These plants were new to our nursery last year so Pam and I planted three of them in our landscape at home. Not only did they do really well last year but they wintered … Read Full Article

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