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» Aggie Horticulture - Asexual Plant Reproduction - An overview of reproduction by grafting, budding, layering and micropropagation.
» Air Academy High School - Cloning African Violets - Consists of a classroom propagation article written by a teacher that emphasizes sterile techniques by tissue culture to generate an unlimited number of identical plants possessing a desired trait.
» American Orchid Society - Orchids - Describes dividing cymbidiums and discusses techniques (with pictures) on how to pollinate, collect and germinate orchid seeds.
» Australian National Botanic Gardens - Growing ferns from spores - Description of collecting and sowing spores, potting the fonds and includes a drawing of the fern life cycle.
» Australian National Botanic Gardens - How to Propagate Australian Plants - Describes the collection and germinations of seeds, propagation by cuttings, safe use of growth hormones and a growing plants glossary with drawings.
» Chrysanthemum Breeding Made Easy - Features books, breeding tips, and information on pests and diseases.
» Clemson Extension - Fuchsia - Contains a selection guide and describes ornamental features, species and cultivars, growing conditions, propagation, insect pests and disease problems.
» Cornell University, Cooperative Extension - Propagation of Houseplants - Describes various methods utilizing cuttings, the rooting media, and containers for cutting.
» Germination Database - Seeds - Provides a listing of plant names and the methods to germinate the seed.
» Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database - Information on propagation techniques for selected Hawaiian indigenous and endemic plants.
» Jelitto Germination Tips and Tricks - Provides insight on germinating seeds.
» Kentucky Cooperative Extension - Common Landscape Plants - Describes asexual methods for propagating plants in and around the home and includes drawings and instructions for building a cold frame.
» Landscape Propagation - Provides instructions on how to reproduce plants including amaryllis, narcissus, daffodils, lilies (by bulb section, scales and seed) and perennials, house plants, roses, vines, trees and shrubs (by root, stem and leaf cuttings).
» NC State University - Leaf, Cane and Root Cuttings - Provides descriptions with drawings of leaf with petiole, leaf without petiole, split vein leaf, leaf bud, cane and root cuttings.
» NC State University - Stem Cutting - Home gardener instructions for plant propagation by stem cuttings including a table of evergreen plants and deciduous trees by common name and type of cutting.
» Ohio State University - Fruit Trees by Graftage - Description of propagation methods by both budding and grafting with links to drawings.
» Ohio State University Extension - Master Gardener - Extensive information on propagation by seed (sexual propagation) and by cuttings, layering, divisions, bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes, grafting, bud grafting and tissue culture (asexual propagation).
» Orchid Reserve, El Pahuma - Orchids - Describes techniques employed for raising orchids from seedlings and includes a link to download Orchid Propagation Manual.
» Seed Germination - Seed Germination Database for hundreds of plants from Thompson and Morgan.
» Seed Site, The - Harvesting, sowing, and a germination database of over 1000 plants, images of seeds, seedpods, seedlings, and botanical information.
» Society for Growing Australian Plants - Native Plants - Provides simple techniques for plant reproduction from seed, cuttings, grafting and division with particular reference to the propagation of Australian native plants and includes diagrams and photographs.
» Texas A&M University - Mutated Plant Propagation - Describes the origin, development and propagation of chimeras which includes such plants as variegated plants, thornless blackberries and peaches without fuzz.
» Texas Rose Rustlers - Old Fashioned Roses - Provides techniques and advice on starting roses from cuttings, methods, collecting and rooting, using willow water, seed, successful budding, root grafting, planting and building a misting chamber. Select propagation on the menu.
» The Succulent Plant Page - Succulent Plants - Describes how to take cuttings, make divisions, take offsets and various methods of grafting.
» Thompson & Morgan (Group) Ltd - Guide to Germination - A guide for gardeners on raising plants from seeds.
» US Davis Rooting Database - Provides propagation information, including required chemicals and timetables, for various species.
» University of Florida - Workshops - Index of links to mist propagation equipment, workbooks on propagation principles, by seed, by division, landscape plants and methods for woody ornamentals.
» University of Georgia - Shrubs from Cuttings - Describes kinds of cuttings, when and how to take softwood cuttings, rooting media, care of cuttings, rooting roses and constructing a miniature greenhouse.
» University of Georgia -Propagating House Plants - Sexual propagation by seed and spores and asexual propagation by separation and division, cuttings, layering, grafting and budding and micropropagation/tissue culture.
» University of Missouri - House Plants - Describes various methods of cuttings, division and layering techniques (with pictures) and a chart of propagation techniques listed by common plant name.
» University of Nevada, Cooperative Extension - House Plants - Contains a chart listing by common name, methods used and includes comments on the ease of the method described. The botanical name is listed under the common name for each plant.
» Virginia Cooperative Extension - House Plants from Seed - Discusses the benefits of seed propagation, how to plant the seeds and how to care for the seedlings.
» Washington State University, Cooperative Extension - Trees and Shrubs - Propagating deciduous and evergreen shrubs, trees and vines with stem cuttings.