New Plants Without Seeds
Many plants can make copies of themselves without seeds: from a fallen leaf, a runner, a piece of stem, or an underground rhizome. Gardeners use the same tricks to grow new plants.
Miracle Leaf
पत्थरचट्टा / अजम्बरी
Kalanchoe pinnata
Tiny new plants sprout along the notched edges of its leaves, even on a leaf that has fallen off. Each one can root and grow into a whole new plant.
Spider Plant
Chlorophytum comosum ‘Variegatum’
It sends out long runners with baby plants at their tips, which root wherever they touch soil. Its thick roots store water.
ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
It stores water in thick underground rhizomes and fleshy stems, so it survives weeks without water and in dim light. Even a single leaflet can root into a new plant.
Jade Plant
Crassula ovata
Its thick, shiny leaves are water tanks. A single fallen leaf or broken stem can root and grow into a whole new plant.
Burro’s Tail
Sedum morganianum
Long strands of plump, bead-like leaves hang down like a donkey’s tail. The leaves fall off at a touch, and each one can grow into a new plant.
More in How Plants Live
The garden is alive and changes through the year. Some plants flower, fruit, or rest only in certain seasons, so what you see depends on when you visit.
See them for yourself
Every plant here grows on our campus in Bhaktapur. Walk the garden on your visit.
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