Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Violet lilac blooms on a lilac shrub Lilacs are popular backyard shrubs renowned for their sweet blooms and can be propagated in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A light-skinned man and a baby inspect a lilac bush in bloom - Olga Zheltonogova/Getty Images When lilacs open their fragrant ...

Taking cuttings from your existing plants and creating new plant babies from them is a fun, rewarding, and fairly simple process. It is super exciting to see new buds and stems appear from your ...

A fun way to challenge yourself is to take a softwood cutting to propagate one of your favorite shrubs. Some shrubs that may be propagated are ninebark, lilac, weigela, dogwood and viburnum. The best ...

Question: What is it about plants that makes it possible for you to grow them from a cutting rather than having to always start them from seed? I’m planning to expand my garden this season and want to ...

Cutting off dead and damaged wood and controlling the number of stems on the shrub are vital to lilac care. Left unpruned, mature lilacs become choked with old wood and deadwood and produce few ...