A magnolia stem cutting has been coaxed to form

new roots, and is now a complete plant. A plant

cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in
horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation. A
piece of the stem or root of the source plant is
placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil.

Layering is a means of plant propagation in which

a portion of an aerial stem grows roots while still
attached to the parent plant and then detaches as
an independentplant. Layering has evolved as a
common means of vegetative propagation of
numerous species in natural environments.

Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a

new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due
to cell division at one particular site. The new organism
remains attached as it grows, separating from the
parent organism only when it is mature, leaving behind
scar tissue.

Plant grafting is a technique in which tissue from oneplant,

the scion, is attached onto another, the rootstock. The
rootstock produces new vascular tissue with which to feed
the scion, and the graftheals.