cutting :
Planting cuttings is the most widely used method of propagation of trees and shrubs.
There are 2 main types of cuttings, each requiring a different technique and rooting condition:
- the half-ripe cutting which is done during summer
- the hard-wood cutting which is done during autumn.
After planting a cutting, the gardener waits to see the first tender growths of green on the stems. This would mean that the experiment has been successful and you will have in your garden a plant that you admired and which carries with it all the memories of the place you got it from.
grafting:
the basic principle in grafting is that the tissues of one plant fuse with those of another. Of the 2 plants uses, one is selected for its roots –called the stock- and the other for its stems, leaves, flowers and fruits – called the scion.
When the tissues of the stock and the scion fuse together the graft is said to be successful. There are many kinds of grafting: cleft, stub, awl, veneer, and renewing fusion. In natural grafting the roots come into contact with each other and start growing together, Thus a large root mass is formed which is beneficial to all the plants whose roots have joined.
