Cutting

Cutting propagation is growing a plant from a stem or root that has been cut from another plant. Propagation by stem cuttings is the most commonly used method to propagate many woody ornamental plants. Stem cuttings of many favorite shrubs are quite easy to root. Softwood cuttings are prepared from soft, succulent, new growth of woody plants, just as it begins to harden (mature). Shoots are suitable for making softwood cuttings when they can be snapped easily when bent and when they still have a gradation of leaf size. A cutting consisting of a leaf instead of a shoot commonly used in propagating a plant.