But now advances in propagation techniques mean that they also appear regularly on mass merchandisers' shelves.
Some are businesslike books on plant diseases, insects and propagation techniques.
Nimda utilized several types of propagation technique and this caused it to become the Internet's most widespread virus/worm within 22 minutes.
An illustrated guide to the range of propagation techniques, from cutting and layering to grafting and budding.
Scientists in India have standardised propagation techniques for Ber establishment.
Another propagation technique uses a cutting, also known as a slip, which is taken from a leaf, root or stem.
Imaginative combinations and adaptations of propagation techniques exist, based on specific situations of cultivation.
Some of Monrovia Nursery's best sellers have been created by bonding two or more species together through the propagation technique known as grafting.
The propagation technique between the hops of the network can be routing or flooding.
However, some fisheries biologists have taken notice of this decline and have developed new propagation techniques that are suitable for this species.