Plant Propagation Chart by Claude Sweet – California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc.

This is a very wide table. Please click on the desired plant and then scroll to the right to see all propagation possibilities. It is also possible to sort by column headings.

Plant	Seed	Hardwood Cuttings	Semi-Hardwood Cuttings	Softwood Cuttings	Grafting	Air Layering	Root Cuttings	Offshoots/ Division
Acerola	1	yes	4	5	yes	yes	no	no
Avocado	1,2	5	5	5	4	yes	no	no
Banana	1	no	no	no	no	no	no	4
Capulin Cherry	1,2,4	5	5	5	yes	yes	no	no
Carob	1,2	5	yes	5	yes	yes	no	no
Cherimoya	2	no	no	no	4	no	no	no
Cherry of the Rio Grande	1,2,4	no	5	5	5	5	no	no
Citrus	1,2	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Coffee	1.4	5	yes	5	yes	yes	no	no
Feijoa	4	no	yes	6	6	yes	no	no
Fig	1	4	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Grumichama	1,2,4	5	5	5	yes	yes	no	no
Guava	4	5	6	yes	6	yes	no	no
Jaboticaba	1	no	no	no	5	yes	no	no
Jujube	1,2	no	5	5	yes	yes	yes	no
Jujube	2	5	5	5	4.5	yes	6	no
Kei Apple	1,2	5	yes	5	yes	yes	no	no
Kiwi Fruit	1,2,3	yes	yes	yes	4	yes	yes	no
Longan	1,2	no	5	5	yes	4	no	no
Loquat	2	no	5	no	4	yes	no	no
Lychee	1	no	5	yes	yes	4	no	no
Macadamia	1,2	no	yes	yes	4	yes	no	no
Malabar Chestnut	1,4	no	no	no	yes	yes	no	no
Mango	2,4	no	no	no	4	yes	2	no
Mangosteen	1,2	no	5	no	yes	yes	no	no
Miracle Fruit	1	5	4	5	no	yes	no	no
Monstera	1,4	no	yes	4	no	yes	no	no
Mulberry	1,2	4	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Natal Plum	1	5	4	5	yes	yes	no	no
Panama Berry	1,2	5	yes	5	yes	yes	no	no
Papaya	4	5	5	6	yes	no	no	no
Passion Fruit	4	no	yes	yes	yes	yes	2	no
Paw Paw	1,2	no	5	no	yes	yes	no	no
Pepino Dulce	1	5	4	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Persimmon	2,3	no	no	no	4	no	2	no
Pineapple	1	no	4	no	no	no	no	yes
Pineapple	1	no	no	no	no	no	no	4
Pitomba	1,2,4	5	5	5	yes	yes	no	no
Pomegranate	1	4	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Prickly Pear	1	no	4	no	yes	no	no	no
Raisin Tree	1,4	no	5	no	yes	yes	no	no
Star Fruit	1,2	no	5	5	yes	yes	no	no
Sugar Cane	1	yes	4	no	no	no	no	yes
Sunnam Cherry	1,2,4	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
Tamarillo	4	5	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Tamarind	1,4	no	5	no	yes	yes	no	no
Tree Tomato	1,4	5	yes	yes	yes	yes	no	no
Wampee	1,2	5	4	5	yes	yes	no	no
White Sapote	1,2	no	no	no	4	no	no	no

1. Used in plant-breeding programs
2. Nursery rootstock production
3. Requires stratification period for germination
4. Common commercial method
5..Very difficult; requires special procedures; variable success
6. Difficult procedure used to increase valuable selections