Across
- 4. Propagation of new plants by pruning the parent plant to a short stump that is then covered with soil.
- 5. Tiny bulbs produced by lilies below the ground.
- 8. An underground stem that grows horizontally and produces roots at nodes to form new plants.
- 9. Short underground stem covered with fleshy leaves.
- 11. Propagation method in which natural structures are removed from the parent plant and planted to grow on their own.
- 12. Type of layering defined by bending a branch to the ground, slightly cutting or wounding the stem, and covering the wounded portion with 2-3 inches of soil.
- 13. Type of layering in which you place a branch of the parent plant in a shallow area dug near the plant.
Down
- 1. Cutting a vegetative plant structure into sections to produce new plants.
- 2. The part of the plant at the soil surface from which new shoots or leaves are produced.
- 3. A globe-shaped, fleshy underground stem.
- 5. Tiny aboveground bulbs in the axils of their leaves.
- 6. An underground stem that produces shoots from nodes along the stem.
- 7. Removing a portion of the bark and inducing new roots to develop in order to propagate a new plant.
- 10. Propagation method in which roots form on the stem of the plant while it is still attached ot the parent plant.