Category: Succulent Plant Propagation

How to Make More Plants from Cuttings My stock in trade, and my passion, is vegetative propagation; from cuttings – softwood, hardwood, semi-ripe; layering; grafting; you name it, I’ve had fun exploring the techniques and having...

Use the Succulent Plant Propagation E-Book To Show You How to Propagate Succulents Successfully You may not know how to make more plants for your baskets and containers, but how hard can it be? Chop off a bunch of pieces, stick...

by aga(wisbech, uk) hi. could you tell me why those brown margins on my Portulacaria afra variegata appears? when i recived this plant 4 months ago i noticed two whithe insect on the bottom of the leaves, i removed those insect,...

by Bill(Anchorage, AK) It is comprised of thick bulbous claw-like pods that grow from the center of the plant. It is only 2-3 inches tall right now. I have had it for three or four months, and I can’t even tell if...

A Guest Post If you want to learn tips to grow succulents from seeds in the easiest way possible, then this is the article for you. They are quite drought-tolerant, which means they can be grown in almost any kind of soil. They...

The Best Tools for Plant Propagation My absolute favorite thing in the world is making more plants from cuttings – so I spare no expense in buying quality tools for my stock in trade. The success of my succulent...

A Unique and Different Type of Succulent The ‘Huffies’ as they’re called, or Jovibarba heuffelii, are so different in the way they grow that it’s worth finding out more about propagating them. Unlike some...

by Karen(Navarre) My husband has several cacti growing in our backyard. We would like to find both the scientific and common name of this plant. Drought Smart Plants reply: Hi Karen, this is a pretty distinctive looking plant. I...

Growing more plants using the winter sowing method Many hardy succulents require a stratification period, so sow them in milk jugs for a winter sowing project. March is the last month that they have enough time to break down the...

Grow more Geraniums The genus Pelargonium is varied, but the plants all have lush bright flowers.  Although they are perennials, they are usually grown as annuals in the northern hemisphere. You will know them to see them;...

Be ready at a moments notice for garden safaris How many times have you been offered cuttings or plants from a friend’s collection or garden, and had nothing to cut with and nothing to put the plants in? After doing it wrong...

A seed is a tiny plant, in a box with its lunch It’s always a gamble growing more succulents for your collection using seed propagation – you never know for sure if you’ll get empty flats and a complete crop failure, or one...