evergreen plant propagation Archives - Growing The Home Garden

Use Your Raised Beds in Winter for Cuttings!

November 14, 2015January 2, 2012 by Dave

You have raised beds in your backyard ready to go for spring vegetables but over the winter what are they doing? Are they just sitting there? I’m sure this idea has occurred to some of you before. Why not use the raised beds over the winter to propagate a few plants? The amazing thing is … Read more

How to Propagate Arborvitae from Cuttings

December 19, 2023October 8, 2011 by Dave

As always I’m excited to get new plants through plant propagation and I’m pretty excited to add 5 new dwarf arborvitae to the collection! I bought the ‘Little Giant’ arborvitae (Thuja occindentalis) last fall on the discount rack and planted two of them in the birdbath garden on either side of the pathway to the … Read more