What are the easiest plants to grow from cuttings ?

Mint..wow, I love mint. So, you add a bit off rooting hormone in water ? I had not thought about that, good idea !

Call me dumb, but I have never heard of prickly pear cactus, but it sounds interesting, not to mention easy to root. I had not heard of herbs forming roots in the air. I am going to give that a try. Obviously I am going to be busy this up coming spring. Hopefully it will go good and I can save some money on buying new plants. Thanks so much for the information.

You can also root plants like jade, prickly pear cactus, etc. in soil. Just put part of a leaf in the soil and do not water more than just enough to keep the soil barely damp. A lot of herbs will do well with air layering. This is where the stems will form roots in the air. Simply press the root down to the soil and use a small piece of metal (like a broken paperclip or safety pin, or a twist-tie, to keep the stem next to the soil. After a month or so when the roots have taken hold you can clip off the stem from the host plant and separate it.

I have tried the hormone products with very little luck. Either way, inside or out. It would be great to reproduce some for outside, they are so expensive. I have read about the coleus, they are so pretty, but do you root in soil or water ? I had some geraniums outside but I did not get to them in time to root them. So these will grow inside ? I have not seen fushias in a long time, it use to be my all time favorite plant when I worked in a greenhouse in my teen years. The mother-in-law plant, I had no idea that would root. By the way, out of curiosity, how do you heat your sunroom. I have a sunroom that we built about a 2 years ago, but my husband did not do anything like put vents in for the heating and cooling. So, during the winter it is too cold to put my plants in it and I really don't have the room inside to winter my plants.

Hi Sunshine! I'm going to give you a link here on how to root coleus cuttings with either the water, or with soil. Sometimes a step-by-step is the easiest explanation: http://www.ehow.com/how_5486795_root-coleus-cuttings-water.html When I plant coleus outside, I pinch them back when they're about 2" high. Each piece I pinched off becomes a whole new plant, and pretty soon the area is covered where I want it. I simply take what I pinched off, take an old pencil and poke a hole in the ground, put the pinching into the hole and firm the soil around it, and then give it a drink of water. The mother-in-law, I root by cutting off a piece of it, maybe about an inch and a half. I dip the bottom end (the end cut that was closest to the mother plants root system) in the Rootone, and then nestle it firmly in soil. To keep it in the soil, I use a mix of regular soil, plus some soil from a bag I bought. (Too loose a soil doesn't seem to work as well, I think it needs/likes a heavier consistancy.) After putting it in the soil, I take a couple small rocks, or shells, and set them close to them, so the cutting doesn't get dislodged in the soil. These plants don't like to have really wet soil, so I only add a little water every now and then and they get root hairs developing. My main m-i-l plant, I only add a little water about once a month in the winter, and maybe a little each week in the hot months. Overwatering, and too much sunlight will kill them fairly quick! (Been there, did that!!) My sunroom is only heated by the sun, and I live in a snowbelt area. There is no supplemental heat, nor heating vents; just sunshine. Also, I don't have vents, and I don't have any cooling, except a regular fan once in a while. My plants all winter there, and do well. I don't water them as much in the winter, or fertilize during the winter. Around March I start pepping up the watering and start fertilizing again. It's not a huge room, only about 8x12, and it has my laundry on one side towards the wall. The plant areas are mainly sturdy shelves that face the windows, and an old dining room table under the window area. Doesn't sound ideal, but it works for me and it's my only solution in this old farmhouse! My geraniums die back a little over the winter back there, but I cut them back, and use those cuttings to start whole new plants. If I do plant them in the ground, I take them out and put them in a regular clay pot once they say we're going to have a frost.

I remember will this. I had never thought about growing cactus,I don't even think I have even had one. I must add to my "want plant list" and give it a try..thank you

You can even "steal" baby cacti from friends that have them. It does not matter if they don´t have roots (they wort). Bury 1/3 in the said soil and only add some water after 2 days. Don´t drown them.

Thanks so much for the great cacti information !