COURTESY Plants that propagate by division include this daylily "Lady Neva." Plant propagation simply refers to the reproduction of plants, and occurs by seeds or vegetative means such as cuttings ...

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 ...

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 ...

Learning how to propagate plants is an exciting way to share your plants with others. Plants can be propagated by sexual or asexual means. Sexual propagation is starting plants from seed. Multiplying ...

Salvias are notorious for growing very slowly from seed. With that in mind, it's much easier to use the plant you already ...

Two experiments were carried out separately. In experiment 1, IBA dissolved in 50% ethyl alcohol (0, 30, 60 and 90 µg per cutting) was applied to the base of single node leafy stem cuttings of ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 94, No. 6 (Jun., 2007), pp. 999-1002 (4 pages) Few studies have quantitatively evaluated the gender specific effects of cultivation on plant growth and reproduction.