noun
- a method of plant propagation in which a branch or stem is bent down and covered with soil while still attached to the parent plant, allowing it to develop roots
Usage: horticulture
Examples
- The gardener used layerage to propagate the climbing rose.
- Layerage is an effective technique for reproducing difficult-to-root plants.
- Many fruit trees can be multiplied through layerage methods.
- The horticulture class learned about layerage as an alternative to cutting propagation.
- Layerage allows the new plant to establish roots before being separated from the parent.
- This shrub responds well to layerage in early spring.