One of gardening’s best secrets is that it’s fairly easy to produce your own free new plants by persuading cut branch tips to grow roots. A surprising number of trees, shrubs, evergreens, roses, fruit ...

It’s officially spring, which means I’m starting to think about what to plant in the garden. Coleus is one of my favorite annuals; I have several pots currently growing on windowsills in the basement.

It's no wonder gardeners want to propagate coleus. This gorgeous plant is known for its colorful foliage, and you'll find stunning and unusual dark colors of coleus. Depending on where it's grown, ...

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 ...

Just as the right patterned fabric or a few throw pillows can make a whole room work, so functions coleus in the garden. It’s hard — impossible? — to think of another plant whose varieties display ...