The biggest challenge with a garden blog in a city like St. Louis, of course, is trying to find something to write about when the ground is frozen and there are long, toothy icicles hanging of the ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Trees use seeds as a principal means of establishing their next generation in ...

Seed propagation is the method of planting new crop where multiplying, reproducing, or breeding new plants is involved and that is done through the use of seeds. Seeds are made up of three separate ...

Gardeners can propagate woody plants like trees and shrubs from seed with some basic knowledge. Most seeds from temperate climates require a period of cold, damp conditions to overcome dormancy before ...

A planting system that places the seed in the optimum position to promote even germination and emergence was revealed at the annual Precision Planting winter conference.

ANGUS STEWART: Native grasses and their strappy-leafed relatives are fabulously resilient plants. You can use them to prevent erosion on steep banks, to attract birds to your garden or just to create ...

If there's one feature in my indoor garden that always sparks intrigue among my guests, it's my propagation station. Kitchen windowsill turned botany lab, it's an area of my home dedicated to ...

Gardeners love plants. We love to try new plants. We delight in trading plants. What we generally hate to do is spend money on plants. We’ll just say that as a group, gardeners tend to be ... shall we ...