Make your own free plants!

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Taking summer cuttings is an easy way to make more plants. Carol Klein shares her foolproof propagation , masterclass so you can have new plants for free My mum used to take lots of cuttings. I'd watch her and think that it all seemed so natural and straightforward- there was no mystique attached to it. When she first took cuttings, the process was pretty rudimentary; for example, with rose prunings, she'd strip off a few bottom leaves, then push them straight into the earth in a corner bed close to the kitchen window. This was not only a veg plot, but a home for plants she grew from seed, divisions and cuttings - a true nursery.