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.

One of the horticultural practices that nearly always fascinates those who have little background and/or experience with horticultural techniques is the relative ease with which a piece of plant can ...

Perhaps when it's time to add flowers to your garden, starting seeds is the first thing that comes to mind, but there are ...

A scientist has moved a step closer to turning sexually-reproducing plants into asexual reproducers, a finding that could have profound implications for agriculture. Farmers throughout the world spend ...

A cutting from a plant is grafted (attached) on to the stem of another plant. The cut surfaces of the two plants grow together. A plant variety that grows poorly but produces desirable products such ...

EARLY in December 1949, we attempted the propagation by root cuttings of Lagerstrœmia indica, previously submitted for a fortnight to the action of low temperatures (0°–2° C.) or to a dry atmosphere ...

https://doi.org/10.2307/2435035 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/2435035 Copy URL 1. There is no constant and necessary relation between vegetative growth and sexual ...