STEP BY STEP Take rosemary cuttings

Root some cuttings of rosemary, which is notorious for becoming straggly and losing it’s juvenile shape faster than many other shrubs. Place the cuttings in a frame or sheltered spot outside. Once watered in, to stop them rotting, keep them a little drier than other cuttings taken at this time of year.

1 CHOOSE strong upright shoots from the outside of the shrub and cut them off the plant to make cuttings about 10cm long.

2 MAKE a clean cut at the base, just below a bud, then remove all the leaves on the lower half of the cutting.

3 FILL a pot with gritty compost and firm it well before inserting the cuttings around the edge using a dibber. Water them in.