Unusual Plant Propagations Custom Search We've had many plant propagation technique inquiries. Methods of propagating these plants are listed below. It's a long list, so use Ctrl-F (Command-F on your Mac) and enter the plant or tree for which you need propagation information. Jack-in-the-pulpit By dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs including offsets From seed American bittersweet From softwood cuttings Haemanthus Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets)From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall Orchid From seeds that have had a fungal infection required for germination Leyland cypress Rooting of vegetative cuttings Plumeria (West Indian Jasmine) From seed Herbaceous stem cuttings Woody stem cuttings Softwood cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings Hardwood cuttings Platanus (Plane Tree) Air layering From seed Christmas Cactus Tip cuttings Sanseveria/Sansevieria (Mother-in-Law's Tongue or Snake Plant) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs (including offsets) Leaf cuttings Schefflera (Umbrella Tree, Umbrella Plant, Octopus Tree) From seeds Cuttings Bryophyte (mosses, liverworts, and hornworts) Spore production Carnation From seeds From cuttings Layering Division Aleurites moluccana (Candle-nut, Varnish Tree) From seed Maple tree Semi-hardwood cuttings From seed White ginger Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Wintergreen Semi-hardwood cuttings Nymphea (water lilies) From seeds Small tubers Pachysandra Division Rooting softwood terminal cuttings Black alder From seeds Layering Air layering Rooting of softwood cuttings Grafting Cat's claw From seeds Ocimum sanctum micro (Holy Basil) From seed Salix babylonica (weeping willow) Root cuttings Caladium Division Ficus (weeping fig) Root cuttings Air-layering From seed Calendula From seeds Aristolochia (calico flower) Best propagation is by cuttings Can be grown from seeds Crown of thorns plant Cuttings. Allow them to dry before placement in the rooting medium Sycamore Vegetative propagation Muscadine grape Layering Softwood cuttings Russian sage Softwood cuttings From seeds Smilax smallii (Lance-leaf Greenbrier) Cuttings of half-ripe shoots Division From seed Cedrus deodara (deodar cedar) Grafted onto seedlingsFrom seeds, but they need a special pre-treatment Umbrella plant From seeds Division Upside down stem cuttings Passiflora (Blue Passion Flower) From seeds Cuttings Hoodia gordonii (Queen of the Namib, African Hats) From seeds Cuttings Hyacinth bean (lablab, bonavist, Chinese flowering, Egyptian, Pharao, shink, val, wild field, Indian bean) From seeds Dracaena sanderiana (Ribbon Plant, Lucky Bamboo) Leaf cuttings Brussels Sprouts From seeds Alstroemeria In vitro or meristem culture Clivea seed (Major Garden's Clivia) From seed Philodendron xanadu (Philodendron 'Winterbourn') Division Juglans nigra (Eastern Black Walnut) Rootstock seed Crinodendron Lantern Trees Insert half-ripened shoots into a greenhouse bed Aloe leaf Division Mimosa From seed sown directly in fall. Permit pods to dry on plant, open to collect seeds Lavender (Gray Santolina, Lavender Cotton, Holy Herb, Ground Cypress, Petite Cypress, Santolina chamaecyparissus) From seed Cuttings Layering Cape Honeysuckle (Tecomaria capensis propagation) Dividing the rootball Semi-hardwood cuttings Simple layering Air layering Tip layering Coleus Herbaceous stem cuttings Woody stem cuttings Poinsettia (Mexican flame leaf, Christmas star, Winter rose and Noche Buena) Dip a 3-4 inch (7.5-10 cm) tip cutting (taken in August) from a side shoot with 2 to 3 mature leaves into water to seal in the latex, then dip in a rooting medium and plant in a soil mix of peat moss, sand or perlite. Colocasia esculenta (Pink Stem Taro) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Daylily (Hemerocallis) From seeds (but they are rare to find) Mussaenda (Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush and Tropical Dogwood) Woody stem cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings Autumn clematis (Sweet Autumn Clematis, Sweet Autumn Virgin's Bower, Japanese Clematis) From seed. Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds and sow outdoors in fall Euphorbia lactea Softwood cuttings. Allow cut surface to callous over prior to planting Grafting Red maple (Scarlet Maple, Acer rubrum) Woody stem cuttings Softwood cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings Air layering From seeds. Collect seedhead when flowers fade, then allow to dry. Sow outdoors in fall, as soon as possible. Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus or Oxycoccus palustris) Vines placed on surface of sand bed and pushed into the sand with a blunt object. Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) Woody stem cuttings Hibiscus (Hardy Hibiscus, Rose Mallow, Swamp Mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos) Dividing the rootball Herbaceous stem cuttingsFrom seeds. Collect seedhead when flowers fade then allow to dry. Sow in fall after last frost Fern Dividing the rootball Spores Money Plant (Honesty, Bolbonac, Moonwort, Silver Dollar, Lunaria annua) From seeds. Allow pods to dry on plant and break open to collect seeds. Sow outside in fall. Yucca Twistleaf Yucca, Twist-leaf Yucca, Twisted-leaf Yucca, Rock Yucca, Texas Yucca, Yucca rupicola)\ Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Pachira aquatica (Money Tree, Malabar Chestnut, Guyana (Guiana) Chestnut, Provision Tree, French Peanut) Softwood cuttings From seed, direct sow outdoors in fall Air layering Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) From seed. Sow outdoors in fall as soon as possible. Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) Semi-hardwood cuttings Tapioca (Variegated Tapioca, Manihot esculenta) Softwood cuttings Tannia (Yautia, Tannia, Malanga, Arrowleaf Elephant Ear, Xanthosoma sagittifolium) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Crepe Myrtle Cuttings From seed Mandeville Herbaceous stem cuttings Softwood cuttings Datura innoxia (Hindu Datura, Indian Apple, Jimson Weed, Sacred Datura, Thorn Apple, Datura inoxia) From seed sown outdoors in fall Passionflower plants (Maypop, Purple Passion Flower, Passionflower, Apricot Vine, Passiflora incarnata) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Softwood cuttings From seed sown outdoors in fall. Scarify seed before sowing Simple layering Rubber Tree (Rubber Plant, Ficus elastica) Hardwood cuttings Rose of Sharon (Althea, Hibiscus syriacus) From seed sown outdoors in fall, allow pods to dry on plant and break open to collect seeds From seed sown indoors before last Air layering Red clover (Trifolium pratense) Dividing the rootball From seed sown outdoors in fall after last frost Zingiber (Black Ginger, Midnight Ginger, Zingiber malaysianum) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Castor Bean (Caster Oil Plant, Mole Bean, Higuera Infernal, Ricinus communis) From seed sown after last frost as soon as possible Avocado (Alligator Pear, Persea americana) Grafting Air layering Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) Softwood cuttings Philadelphus (Wild Mock Orange, Lewis Mockorange, Philadelphus lewisii) Herbaceous stem cuttings Woody stem cuttings Softwood cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings Hardwood cuttings Grafting Air layering Teak (Tectona grandis) Semi-hardwood cuttings Hardwood cuttings Grafting Budding From seeds sown outdoors in fall. Scarify seed first Wolfberry (Matrimony Vine, Lycium barbarum) Woody stem cuttings From seeds Firebush (Dwarf Mexican Firebush, Firecracker Shrub, Scarlet Bush, Hummingbird Bush, Hamelia patens) Herbaceous stem cuttings Softwood cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings Simple layering Air layering Tip layering Hedychium (Pincushion Hedychium, Pincushiun Ginger, Frilly White Ginger, White Butterfly Lily, Hedychium thyrsiforme) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Kalanchoe (Desert Cabbage, Paddle Plant, Flapjack Plant, Ice Sculpture Kalanchoe, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Rosa rugosa (Japanese Rose, Wrinkle-Leaved Rose, Saltspray Rose, Ramanas Rose) Softwood cuttingsFrom seeds sown outdoors in fall. Scarify seed before sowing Erythrina (Indian Coral Tree, Erythrina x bidwillii) Semi-hardwood cuttings Rex begonias (King Begonia, Painted Begonia, Painted Leaf Begonia, Rex Begonia, Begonia rex) Leaf cuttings Gazanias (Gazania, Treasure Flower, Gazania rigens) From seed sown indoors before last frost or outside after last frost Feijoa selowiana (Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Acca sellowiana) Softwood cuttings Semi-hardwood cuttings From seed sown after last frost Jack in the pulpit (Devil's Nip, Cobra Lily, Indian Turnip, Indian Almond, Pepper Turnip, Arisaema ringens) Dividing rhizomes, tubers, corms or bulbs Mexican Heather (False Heather, Cuphea hyssopifolia) Softwood cuttings From seed sown after last frost Camellia (Common Camellia, Japanese Camellia, Camellia japonica) Semi-hardwood cuttings Bougainvilla (Bougainvillea) Semi-hardwood cuttings Hardwood cuttings |