Question: What is it about plants that makes it possible for you to grow them from a cutting rather than having to always start them from seed? I’m planning to expand my garden this season and want to ...

Kathy Echols always issues a disclaimer when talking about her business (and favorite pastime) of growing and selling plants: Propagation is a disease, and once acquired, it’s not easy to get rid of.

Vegetative reproduction from stems, roots and leaves is common to all plants and results in an identical plant from which the cutting came; it’s a clone. As gardeners, we propagate cuttings for many ...