Take cuttings from healthy stems ... August is an ideal time to propagate phlox by division. Carefully lift the plant, separate the root clumps, and replant them in a well-prepared bed.

When cutting back creeping phlox in fall ... roots by spreading a layer of mulch over the plants. Creeping phlox growing in a container must be divided and repotted every 2 to 4 years.

All but the very slowest growing varieties of conifers will root from cuttings. If you have a Leyland cypress or another variety of conifer hedge, you could use trimmings from hedge pruning as a ...