In asexual reproduction, a new plant is grown from any part of a plant other than the seeds.

There are different methods by which plants reproduce asexually. They are vegetative propagation, budding, fragmentation and spore formation. The vegetative parts of a plant are the roots, stems and leaves. When new plants are produced from these parts, the process is called vegetative propagation.

• A new rose plant can be grown by cutting off a part of the stem of an existing plant, with two or more nodes, and planting it in the ground.
• A node is a part of the stem from where a leaf grows.
• This stem grows into a new rose plant.

For example, in Bryophyllum plant, buds are present on the edges of its leaves. When the buds come in contact with moist soil, each bud is capable of growing into a new plant. Plants that use buds for vegetative propagation are potato, ginger and turmeric etc.

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