Q: I’m hoping you can help answer how I can start a citrus tree from a cutting. Can citrus trees be started just from cuttings? I mean just a cutting without the rootstock since I don’t have the ...

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you’ll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

Question: I started cuttings of Confederate jasmine and small leaf fig a few weeks ago, and I can see growths forming. Does this mean the cuttings have rooted? How can I tell if the roots have formed?

My friend has a great fig tree, and I would like to grow one like it in my yard. What is the best way to root a piece of his tree? — Larry Haley Figs are easy to propagate from dormant, hardwood ...

I have an 8-foot-tall citrus tree with orange, grapefruit and lemon grafted onto it. I need to move it to my backyard, so that I can get some of the fruit that is disappearing. Is it safe to move it?