Question
Can you start trees and shrubs from clippings? How? what time of year is best to do this? What site tells of native plants that grow in middle Tennessee?
Thanks
Pat  Bailey
Lebanon, TN

Answer
Yes some species of trees can be started (propagated) by cuttings. Here is a web link that will give you information on what species can be done and how to do this and the time of year.

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/pnw0152/pnw0152.html

Here are a couple of  sites that lists plants native to Tennessee:

http://www.tva.gov/cgi-bin/plantDB/searchNativePlants.pl?showAll=1&sort=Common

And Middle Tenn:

http://www.tneppc.org/Landscaping/Middle_Tennessee.htm