Vegetative reproduction is a part of the vegetative organs of higher plants-roots, stems and leaves, which develop into a new individual after falling off from the mother.

For example, the creeping branches of strawberries, the roots of thistles and the leaves of begonia can sprout from buds and form new individuals.

Vegetative propagation is a way of propagation in which vegetative organs such as roots, stems and leaves of higher plants develop into new individuals. Such as tuber propagation of sweet potato, creeping propagation of strawberry, rhizome propagation of bamboo, reed, white spear and lotus, tuber propagation of potato, bulb propagation of lily and onion, bulb propagation of narcissus and taro, and leaf bud propagation of begonia are all natural nutrition propagation. In agriculture, forestry and horticulture, rooting, cutting, layering, grafting and other methods are often used to separate a part of plant vegetative organs from the mother body and make them develop into new individuals, which belongs to artificial nutritional reproduction. Tissue culture is also a method of artificial nutrition reproduction. Asexual reproduction can enable offspring to maintain the excellent characteristics of their parents. Therefore, flowers, fruit trees, tea, sugarcane, bamboo and other artificially cultivated plants all adopt this propagation method.

Because only higher plants have the differentiation of roots and leaves, which is an asexual reproduction mode of higher plants, it is impossible for lower plant cells to carry out vegetative reproduction. But offspring are lower and less common. Although the offspring can keep the maternal genetic traits well, their variability is small and their viability is poor.