Plant propagation

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⇒	Plant propagation
	⇒	Seed propagation
	⇒	Sowing and aftercare in protected environments
	⇒	Sowing in the open
	⇒	Vegetative propagation
	⇒	Characteristics of propagation from vegetative parts
	⇒	Natural vegetative propagation
	⇒	Divisions
	⇒	Rhizomes
	⇒	Bulbs
	⇒	Artificial methods of propagation
	⇒	Cuttings
	⇒	Budding and grafting
	⇒	Tissue culture

Figure 12.1 Bedding plants

A plant’s life cycle can be seen to end with the process of senescence and dying. The time taken to get to this point varies enormously from one species to another with many ephemerals living for only a few months, whereas many trees last for hundreds of years. Before it dies the plant has normally ensured continued life by either sexual or asexual reproduction: not many plants employ both methods to produce offspring. Sexual reproduction leads to the formation of seeds in higher plants. The ability of plants to reproduce asexually is used in horticulture as vegetative propagation.

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