Home Gardener's Propagation (UK Only). David Squire
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Contents
Biennials and herbaceous perennials
Half-ripe and hardwood cuttings
Stem and leaf-petiole cuttings
Dividing herbaceous perennials
Bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes
Layering shrubs, trees and climbers
Whip-and-tongue and saddle grafting
Grafting to rejuvenate fruit trees
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Author’s foreword
The desire to increase plants is a passion within most gardeners and many methods of propagation are easy and do not need expensive or specialized equipment. Indeed, creating a hardy annual flower border requires only a few packets of seeds, a rake, a draw hoe and a garden line. Layering a low-growing stem from a shrub is also easy, while dividing herbaceous perennials instantly produces several new plants.
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