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If your neighbor or your friend has something you really like in |
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their yard or garden, there's nothing wrong with asking if they'd |
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be willing to let you collect seeds or cuttings! Do keep in mind |
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that getting a plant to grow from these seeds or cuttings isn't as |
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easy as buying a plant from a nursery - growing from seed isn't as |
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fast as transplanting, and taking cuttings requires a bit of skill. |
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Still, I think it's worth it - it's fun, and you learn more about |
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the plant by propagating it yourself! |
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Growing Native Plants From Seed |
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Vegetative propagation: I'm not very familiar with taking cuttings |
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(I like growing plants from seeds, myself). Taking cuttings does |
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require more skill than growing a plant from seed, but it offers |
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two advantages: it is faster than growing from seed, and the |
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plants produced are all identical to the mother plant. This makes |
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it a particularly useful technique for mass plantings. Check out |
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some books on horticulture if you'd like to learn to , or visit the |
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following link for what appears to be a pretty good guide to making |
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cutting of woody plants: |
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Plant Propagation by Stem Cuttings: Instructions for the Home Gardener |
