Then, you just need a small container of soilless potting mix to get them started.
Plant cuttings are grouped into four basic categories: softwood, greenwood, semi-hardwood, and hardwood.
Here are 30 of the best plants that grow from cuttings.
The Spruce / Leticia Almeida
Tip
It’s possible to start stem cuttings in either soil or water.
However, soil is usually the preferred method.
Softwood Cuttings
Softwood cuttings come from fresh, new growth.
They’re usually taken in the spring or early summer.
They’re usually taken in the spring or early summer.
They’re usually taken from midsummer to fall.
They are often taken when the plant is dormant.
Houseplants to Grow From Cuttings
Many houseplants also can be propagated by cuttings.
You generally can take the cuttings anytime from a healthy plant.
Plant stems send out their new roots from the nodes.
So making a cut at the node increases your chance of successfully rooting the cutting.
Remove all but one or two leaves.
But too many leaves will sap energy from its efforts to create new roots.
If the leaves are very large in proportion to the stem, cut them in half.
Planting Cuttings
Fill a clean container with soilless potting mix to hold the cutting.
A soilless mix drains better than garden soil and achieves a moist but not wet quality.
Additionally, garden soil contains spores and other pathogens that could kill the cutting before it takes root.
You don’t need a large container or a lot of potting mix.
Once thecuttings take root, you will transfer them to a larger pot or the ground.
It’s ideal, but not essential, to dip the cut end of your cuttings inrooting hormone.
Then, with a pencil or similar pointed object, poke holes into the potting mix.
Many types of plants can grow from cuttings.
The four main types of cuttings from plants are softwood, greenwood, semi-hardwood, and hardwood.
