Make more houseplants (for free!) with this comprehensive bible of propagation techniques, featuring clear, step-by-step instructions covering over a dozen methods for over 80 different houseplants.
*2025 American Horticultural Society Book Award Winner*
Accompanied by full-color photographs and beautiful illustrations,
The Ultimate Guide to Houseplant Propagation
offers all the horticultural know-how you need to
make new plants from existing plants
. Learn how to successfully take stem, leaf, and petiole cuttings of your favorite houseplants, plus get plenty of insight into air and soil layering, division of offsets, water propagation, and even houseplant seed germination. Whether you are a beginner or advanced houseplant enthusiast, the
easy-to-follow format
allows you to
start propagating right away
. This is also the first book to take a deep dive into the pollination and breeding of Anthuriums to
create your own unique hybrids,
at home!
Author Lindsay Sisti of @alltheplantbabies also introduces the
best tools for different propagation techniques
and shares the lowdown on various growing mediums to use with each propagation method.
With help from
you’ll be able to:
Take leaf cuttings of your favorite succulent
Divide the corms of your Alocasia plant
Separate aerial and underground tubers from a String of Hearts plant
Make more Anthuriums through stem cuttings, divisions, and seed propagation
Root Hoyas and Snake Plants by taking stem cuttings
Air layer your Philodendron or Monstera
Propagate your ZZ Plant or Snake Plants by dividing the rhizome or rooting leaf cuttings
Take petiole cuttings of Pileas, Peperomias, Begonias, and many others
Whether your houseplant collection is focused on tropicals or succulents (or is a combination of both!),
level-up your houseplant game by diving into DIY plant propagation
. It’s fun and easy—but only with the right guide at your side. This is the comprehensive propagation handbook you have been waiting for.