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Roses can be grown successfully from cuttings and will grow on to make good flowering plants. Choose healthy stems of the current season's growth and follow our step-by-step advice to be sure of success. Roots will be produced over the winter months

the rhizomes.Pull the congested rhizomes apart by hand, or cut them with a knife. Choose healthy pieces with leaves and discard old, woody sections.Newly-planted rhizomes are vulnerable to wind rock, so it's a good idea to reduce the leaves by half. Use a sharp

The taste of fresh asparagusin May is worth waiting for. A perennial crop, established asparagus plants will provide an annual crop of tasty spears for up to 20 years.Choose the spot you will grow your asparagus carefully. Asparagus needs lots

the plants from which you will breed your hellebore. Choose a mother plant - the one to be pollinated, which will eventually bear the seeds - for its vigour and a good, even flower shape. Choose a father plant - which will supply the pollen - for the colour

, and sometimes better.SecateursKitchen towelPlastic or terracotta potGritty loam-based compostSieve (optional)autumn and early winter30 minutesChoose a healthy plant, such as sorbus, holly, cotoneaster or rowan, and check the berries are ripe by squeezing them

Summer is the ideal time to take verbena cuttings. Overwinter the semi-hardy perennials in a frost-free place and you'll have a fresh, healthy supply of verbena plants next year to replace any in the garden that have been killed by frost

Watering canMarch - August30 minutesSoftwood cuttings are taken from the current season's growth. Choose non-flowering side shoots, taking them as long as possible. Use a sharp knife or secateurs to cut them from the parent plant.Use a sharp knife to trim below