By following this essential propagation tip, you'll help establish new growth for your fuchsias, and it could even lead to ...

There’s something deeply satisfying about snipping off a bit of stem and turning it into a whole new plant. And while summer may be slipping quietly out the side door, don’t pack away your tools just ...

If you have a collection of flowering plants that you aren't ready to give up once frost hits, grab some cuttings and ...

Want to keep tender herbs, annuals, and veggies alive through winter, but don’t have a lot of space indoors for growing plants? Taking cuttings of your favorite plants in fall and rooting them either ...

FUCHSIA CUTTING WORKSHOP Hands-on workshop for making and planting fuchsia cuttings. Santa Clara Valley branch of the American Fuchsia Society. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hillview Community Center on Hillview ...

The exotic blossoms of fuchsias can easily intimidate admirers from attempting to grow these delicate flowers. But, as with most plants, once you provide the right conditions, fuchsias will be happy ...

Roger Little, of Almaden, was rooting a fuchsia cutting on a shelf outside his kitchen window when he got a bit of a surprise — a beautiful bloom had developed on the cutting. It seems nature was not ...

Keep a fuchsia in a warm, semishaded place, out of the wind. While it's blooming, feed it every other week with a half-strength solution of balanced fertilizer. Water just enough so the soil stays ...

Nothing rewards gardeners quite like propagating new plants. Whether you want to double your lavender bush or multiply hydrangeas, a few simple tricks this August could help you grow your plant ...

Q.: Last fall, I was given two potted fuchsia plants. I brought them indoors in the fall and want to do a good job caring for them, as I really like the flowers they put out. I need to know the ...

Carlyss Van Ness remembers the first one. She spotted it at a nursery near Freestone – a flowering plant so pretty it simply had to come home with her. That was 1970. She has babied that plant for ...

Roger Little, of Almaden, was rooting a fuchsia cutting on a shelf outside his kitchen window when he got a bit of a surprise — a beautiful bloom had developed on the cutting. It seems nature was not ...