Semi-ripe cuttings are taken during the late summer after the annual growth has slowed down. The stem is harder than soft wood or green wood cuttings. Hard wood cuttings are from dormant fully mature stems, usually from the current years growth. Other types of cuttings Scion cuttings are dormant 'ligneous' woody twigs. Eye cuttings are pieces of foliated or defoliated stalks with one or more eyes.
Root cuttings are part of the root, usually annual.
These are taken from certain plants which have the capacity to regenerate stems from root parts. Leaf cuttings are from parts of the leaf. New roots develop at the base or veins of the cutting. Graft cuttings are produced by first making a graft of a scion cutting onto a root stock. Rooting and grafting take place at the same time.