page_title: Cutting (plant)
section_title: Plant propagation by cutting
hierarchical_section_title: Cutting (plant) / Plant propagation by cutting
caption_attribution_description: English: Echeveria derenbergii English: Please report references to olei@despammed.com. Deutsch: Quellenangabe und Beleg an olei@despammed.com erbeten. Location: Botanical Garden, Dresden (Saxony, Germany) Camera: Canon EOS 20D Lens: Canon EF 3.5/180L Focal Length: 180 mm Exposure: 1/80, f16 Film / Speed: ISO 100 Comment: Canon Flash 580EX
context_page_description: A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative propagation. A piece of the stem or root of the source plant is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil. If the conditions are suitable, the plant piece will begin to grow as a new plant independent of the parent, a process known as striking. A stem cutting produces new roots, and a root cutting produces new stems. Some plants can be grown from leaf pieces, called leaf cuttings, which produce both stems and roots. The scions used in grafting are also called cuttings.
  Propagating plants from cuttings is an ancient form of cloning. There are several advantages of cuttings, mainly that the produced offspring are practically clones of their parent plants. If a plant has favorable traits, it can continue to pass down its advantageous genetic information to its offspring. This is especially economically advantageous as it allows commercial growers to clone a certain plant to ensure consistency throughout their crops.
  The poet Theodore Roethke wrote about plant cuttings and root growth behavior in his poems "Cuttings" and "Cuttings" found in his book The Lost Son: And Other Poems.
context_section_description: Plants which can be propagated from stem, leaf and/or tip cuttings include:
   
   
  African violet – tip or leaf cutting
  Aglaonema – tip cuttings
  Aeonium – stem cuttings
  Aizoaceae – stem and tip cuttings
  Alternanthera – stem cuttings
  Aucuba – stem cuttings
  Azalea – stem cuttings
  Baby's tears – stem cuttings
  Begonia – tip, leaf and stem cuttings
  Blackberries – stem cuttings
  Brugmansia – stem cuttings
  Bryophyllum – leaf or cuttings
  Cactus – leaf cuttings
  Calathea – tip cuttings
  Callisia – stem cuttings
  Cannabis – stem cuttings
  Christmas cactus – tip cuttings
  Citrus – tip cuttings
  Coleus – tip cuttings
  Cordyline – tip or stem cuttings
  Cotyledon – stem or leaf cuttings
  Crepe myrtle – stem cuttings
  Curio repens – stem or leaf cuttings
  Common purslane – stem cuttings
  Croton – tip cuttings
  Crassula – stem or leaf cuttings
  Dieffenbachia – tip cuttings
  Dracaena – stem cuttings
  Dudleya – leaf or stem cuttings
  Echeveria – leaf cuttings
  Euphorbia – leaf or steam cuttings
  Ficus – tip or stem cuttings
  Forsythia – stem cuttings
  Geranium – tip cuttings
  Golden pothos – tip or stem cuttings
  Gibasis – stem cuttings
  Grape ivy – tip cuttings or stem cuttings
  Graptopetalum – leaf or stem cuttings
  Grevillea – stem cuttings
  Haworthia – leaf or stem cuttings
  Hedera – stem cuttings
  Hibiscus – stem cuttings
  Hoya – tip cuttings
  Hops – stem cuttings
  Impatiens – tip cuttings
  Ipomoea – stem cuttings
  Jasmine – stem cutting
  Kalanchoe – leaf or stem cuttings
  Kleinia – stem cutting
  Kumquat – stem cutting
  Lemon balm – stem cuttings
  Maranta – tip cuttings
  Marjoram – stem cuttings
  Manioc (cassava)  – stem cuttings
  Monstera – tip cuttings
  Mint – stem cuttings
  Morus – stem cuttings
  Oleander  – stem cuttings
  Oregano – stem cuttings
  Othonna capensis – stem cuttings
  Parsley – stem cuttings
  Pelargonium – tip cuttings
  Peperomia – tip or leaf cuttings
  Philodendron – tip and stem cuttings
  Pilea cadierei – tip cuttings
  Pineapple – stem cuttings
  Plectranthus – stem cuttings
  Podocarpus – tip cuttings
  Poinsettia – stem cuttings
  Portulacaria – stem cuttings
  Plum – stem cuttings
  Poplar – stem cuttings
  Red-hot cat tail – stem cuttings
  Resurrection plant – tip cuttings
  Rosemary – stem cuttings
  Sage – stem cuttings
  Sansevieria – leaf cuttings
  Sedum – leaf cuttings
  Schefflera – stem or stem cuttings
  Senecio angulatus – stem cuttings
  Senecio crassissimus  – stem or tip cuttings
  Senecio haworthii – stem or tip cuttings
  Sugar cane – stem cuttings
  Syngonium – stem cuttings
  String of hearts – stem cuttings
  Syringa – stem cuttings
  Tea – stem cuttings
  Shrimp plant  – tip cuttings
  Thyme – stem cuttings
  Tetradenia riparia – stem cuttings
  Tradescantia – stem cuttings
  Vanilla – stem cuttings
  Verbena – stem cuttings
  Willow – stem cutting
  Vitis – stem cuttings, grafting, aerial layering
  Yucca – stem cuttings
  To note, some plants listed above, such as Coleus, Maranta, Nerium and Golden Pothos, among others, may require water for them to root before they can be transplanted to soil.
caption: A succulent, Echeveria derenbergii is propagated by producing a colony of small offsets which can be separated from the parent plant.
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