RHS Propagating Plants

by Alan R. Toogood (Editor In Chief)

This DK book will help you learn how to propagate virtually every type of plant. It's packed with step-by-step tutorials and will help you learn how long seedlings need to germinate and what makes a healthy stem cutting. From fruit trees and ornamental shrubs to exotic orchids and succulents, this book unveils the secrets of perfect plant propagation. It is packed with 1,800 detailed illustrations and photographs and is ideal for a thrifty gardner who wants plants for free, or anyone who wants to gift plant cuttings to friends and family. It's also useful for budding house plant owners with an interest in propagating succulents and other house plants.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction, Reference, Plants, Horticulture, Biology

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really through guide to propagation. It lists just about everything you can imagine or buy in a store. I think it's only missing carnivorous plants but has detailed guides for every thing else. I really liked the history of plant propagation included, as I have always wondered how people in the past gardened or invented these techniques. Definitely a good book to keep on the shelf if you want to branch out into propagation.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another good book about propagation, pretty much more around how to propagate everything (trees, scrubs, flowers, cactus etc.) The book also went into debt about grafting. Would of liked a few chapters specifically about herbs but the flower part of the book was interesting.

[Lunnaku · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic book with a lot of great details, I learned a quite a bit. My only complaint is that I wish it had details on when/how plants can be triggered for flowering.

[Rev · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super in depth book that covers a wide variety of plants and how you can propagate them by a variety of methods. The book is broken up into sections based on what kind of plant you want to propagate including trees, shrubs, and a variety of smaller plants such as flowers and succulents.

Will definitely be buying a copy of my own for future reference.

[Khalifa Al Qamzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guide to propagating plants

Guide is perfect I gave 4 stars just because it is not optimized properly to run on the kindle. Had to read the book using my smart phone . Other than that the the book is perfect.

[Judy Jablonski · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really excited about this book but found it a little too technical for a casual gardener looking to increase her house plants.

[Ashleah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great information! I borrowed this from the library, but I'm probably going to buy a used copy to keep as a reference book.

[Landon Coleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

More science than a guy like me can follow in the early chapters. Great guides for how to propagate different varieties of plants. Good photos.

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of clear pics and info on all kinds of plant propagating! So much info in here - wonderful reference.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enough information in here to keep me refering back for a long time to come.

[Haley White · Rating 5 out of 5]

I go back to this book often for reference. Great tips

[Otto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Propagating Plants by Alan Toogood is a colorful and comprehensive encyclopedia on making more plants based on their preferences, whether through seeds, cuttings, division, or other methods. This book is detailed; it leaves no pots unwatered and weeds unpulled in its explanations of what each plant prefers, helping readers learn that it’s not always just snipping a stem off a plant and sticking it in mud.

[RK · Rating 5 out of 5]

OUTSTANDING!