= Plant propagation
<Plant propagation> is the production of new <plants>, including establishment from <seeds> and multiplication by <vegetative propagation>. The choice of method matters: ordinary <sexual reproduction> reshuffles inherited material, whereas <vegetative propagation> preserves a parental lineage as a <plant clone>. Thus a named <cultivar> need not retain its distinguishing features when grown from its own <seeds>. <Plant propagation> is broader than either <germination> or <vegetative propagation>. <Propagation techniques by the RHS Advice Team>[Seed propagation; Vegetative propagation]{ref}
For an illustrative comparison, imagine sowing ten <seeds> from one parent and rooting ten <plant cuttings> from that parent. Both procedures can increase the number of <plants>, but they answer different questions. The <seedlings> sample offspring produced through <fertilization>; the rooted <plant cuttings> can supply repeated representatives of one <plant clone>. Recording the starting material is therefore essential before treating differences among the resulting <plants> as differences among inherited <genotypes>.
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