American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: A Step-by-Step Illustrated Guide to Growing Plants from Seeds, Cuttings, and Other Methods

Amazon Customer: It tells you everything you need to know about multiplying your plants.

United States on Oct 07, 2023

Liz: This is a great book with a lot of information and tons of nice pictures

United States on Jun 17, 2023

Ben: years later after my purchase(2014) this book is still very handy! a must buy for plant propagators!

Canada on Jun 15, 2020

myreview: Very thorough. Great book

Canada on May 18, 2019

Josh Timmermans: Great quality

Canada on Mar 01, 2019

XPG: I'm really glad I ordered this book! In each section it describes many propagation techniques in detail for that group of plants and then gives you a huge listing of plants and which of those techniques to use with which plant.
I just started to grow Dahlias this year and there's a whole section on them!
I should also mention that some listings for some plants are quite brief or even just footnotes, but those are for less common species, and when taken in context with other plants on the page is still quite useful.
Large format with excellent photography.
Just the info on seed sowing depth made this purchase worthwhile for me. An easy five stars.

United States on Dec 16, 2016

Prof. J.: Best book in 40 years for all flower and plant enthusiast. Excellent pictures, tips, easy to understand book for beginners, enthusiast and professionals. Strongly recommended

India on May 20, 2015

Nathaniel Wagner: lots of good info i wish that there was some on saskatoon berries but it is a bit specific to ask for.

Canada on Feb 06, 2014

Michelle M. Becker: This reference book has already become one of the most valuable books on our bookshelf. We happen to be professional gardeners but certainly not professional nurserymen. We have several books on plant propagation but none as useful as this. The photographs are very helpful and there are many of them. General techniques are very well explained, illustrated and organized, i.e., division, layering, seed sowing, cuttings, grafting, etc... but the detailed coverage of individual plants is where this book shines. I suppose a more professional reference would provide 'strike-rate' percentages for the variety of propagation methods suggested for each plant but one can still get a sense of the best means of propagating for the particular genera that one is working with. We happen to have a greenhouse and a very large selection of plants to begin with so this book fits our needs perfectly. Professional nurserymen would probably look to the Ball reference guides (and others that I'm not familiar with)for plant propagation on a commercial scale, but for the serious amateur this is the "Joy of Cooking" of plant propagation. (for those that don't cook, I mean to say this is the bible for...

United States on Nov 29, 2010

Lisa Pecunia: Being new to propagation, I have found this book extremely useful and have successfully tried some of the techniques. My only complaint is that the book does not go into further details about how to care for the young, newly rooted plants. For example, how do I overwinter a newly rooted hydrangea? How long after it's rooted in the rooting medium can I safely transplant it? What do the terms "grow on" and "grow under cover" really mean? The book assumes you know little details like this already.
But really, considering the breadth of information the book is trying to cover, I'd say it does a good job of it. It is clear and easy to understand and the instructions are easy to follow. And, yes, it really does list every single kind of plant. I haven't looked one up yet that I couldn't find in this book!

United States on Aug 20, 2003