Foraging a few stems from flowering trees and shrubs is a wonderful way to bring spring indoors when dismal weather curtails ...

However, luckily, forsythia is an easy plant to propagate, with cuttings that can be taken year-round. In spring, take softwood cuttings from young, non-flowering shoots. During late summer and ...

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Taking cuttings from shrubs is an easy way to increase your stock of many popular garden plants for free, including hydrangeas, philadelphus, lavender and forsythia.

Typically, forsythia is the fastest to force, taking about a week, while pussywillow takes about two weeks. Lilacs and fruit-tree cuttings can take four to five weeks. So, if you are forcing ...