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Making New Plants From Cuttings

Anyone who has taken a Master Gardener course will always tell you to shop for plants in your neighbor’s yard. Now they don’t mean run out in the middle of the night and dig up the plants in your neighbor’s yard. What I mean by this is there are several varieties of plants that grow from cuttings and your neighbor may be willing to give you cuttings from plants.

For you non-plant people cuttings from plants means you simply cut off a stem or branch from a plant and plant that piece in the ground. A cutting produces a plant genetically identical to the mother plant, so it is essentially a clone.  Ideally, you want a cutting 4 to 8 inches long, depending on the plant. You can root the cuttings in a pot or just stick them in the ground where you want the plant to go.  The plant will grow faster if you remove all the leaves and flowers from your cutting. A good example of this type of plant called an Angel’s Trumpet.

There are some species of plants that also reproduce another plant and you can easily detach this plant and replant it in another spot. Some examples of this type of plant are Airplane plant/spider plants and Fiddle Head ferns.

Ideally, you should find the person or persons on your street or a friend who loves to garden and they will be happy to share plants with you. They will  probably tell you more than you want to know but who cares you will be getting free plants. The important information you need from them is what kind of light does the plant need and how often do you need to water it.  Some plants like Angel’s Trumpet will grow no matter what you do. 

Here is a list of plants that grow easily from cuttings:

Angel’s Trumpet
Aster
Azalea
Begonia
Boxwood
Butterfly Weed
Camellia
Chrysanthemum
Crown of Thorns
Dianthus
English Ivy
Fiddle Head Ferns (these plants produce new plants right next to the original plant so pull the new plant up with the root attached)
Gardenia
Geraniums (Pelargoniums)
Honeysuckle
Hydrangea
Jade plant
Lavender (if you live in colder climates)
Penstemon
Pothos
Prayer Plant
Purple Heart
Rose
Rosemary
Salvia (there a tons of varieties of salvia in all kinds of colors and they are easy to grow)
Veronica
Walking Iris
Wandering Jew

Now if you also want free potting soil to use with you free plants visit our site Fasthowto.com and view our post on How To Make Your Own Mulch Even though people say you can’t substitute mulch for potting soil, I do it all the time and never have any problems. The only time you might run into a problem is with a hanging plant. Good quality potting soil is very light weight and sometimes homemade mulch weighs a hanging basket down which may put some stress on the hook that the plant hangs from.

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