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Air-Layering Archives

Air layering is a vegetative propagation method often on stems or branches that do not lend themselves to ground layering.
 
In the past, air-layering helped increase plants like Ficus, Cordyline, Dracaena, and Croton. Layering proved useful when working with specimens that had become leggy and lost their lower leaves.
The plants below lend themselves to propagation by air layering.

Hibiscus Tree: How To Grow And Care For A Hibiscus Plant

Hibiscus makes good trees for the patio

The potted tropical hibiscus tree is a popular plant across the US in the springtime. Their red flower, along with other colors, finds a home on front porches, out on back patios

Croton Plant Care: Learn How To Grow The Colorful Codiaeum Plants

Bright colored foliage of the Croton Plant

Good Croton plant care produces plants with intense colors. There are many croton plant varieties available with a wide array of colors and leaf shapes. Croton plants make excellent additions

How To Air Layer: Air Layering A Plant Step by Step

air layering

One of the oldest methods of propagation is by air-layering. It may not be the fastest method, but it does allow you to start with a much larger plant or

Growing Brugmansia: Tips On How To Care For Angel Trumpet Trees

Blooming Brugmansia - Angel Trumpet

The Brugmansia [brug-MAN-see-uh] with the common name Angel Trumpet is a semi-tropical flowering shrub that grows as a bush or a tree. They are woody plants with large, fragrant pendulous

Monstera Adansonii Care | Growing Friedrichsthalii Plant | Swiss Cheese

Swiss Cheese Monstera

Monstera adansonii also known as Monstera friedrichsthalii [Mon-STER-uh, Free-dreech-sta-lia-na] is a tropical plant, evergreen, glossy vine native to various regions of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, South America, and Central America. The

Schefflera Arboricola Plant: Dwarf Umbrella Tree Growing And Care

potted Schefflera arboricola

The Schefflera arboricola [shef-LER-uh ar-bor-ee-KO-luh] or dwarf umbrella bush is a broad-leaved evergreen shrub belonging to the family Araliaceae and hailing from Taiwan and Hainan. The plant’s genus name honors Polish 19th-century

Dieffenbachia Propagation: Tips For Rooting Dumb Cane Plants

Tall Dieffenbachia Tropic Snow ready for propagating by removing the topshoot

Dieffenbachia propagation is a great way to increase your collection and knowledge of dumb cane plant care. Plus, Dieffenbachia is quite easy to propagate. Has your Dieffenbachia plant care helped your dumb cane

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