High demand for therapeutic honey is driving establishment of Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) nectar plantations. Leptospermum seeds are often difficult to extract or germinate, and so methods have been sought to propagate Leptospermum from cuttings. We assessed the amenability of two high-value species, L. polygalifolium and L. scoparium, to propagation as rooted cuttings with or without the application of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). IBA did not significantly affect average rooting percentages, although IBA occasionally increased the number of adventitious roots per rooted cutting in both species. Average rooting percentages for untreated cuttings were 92%, 88% and 93% for L. polygalifolium clones P6, P9 and P10 and 65% and 76% for L. scoparium clones S9 and S15. The cumulative capacity for plant production from three successive harvests was 95, 126 and 118 rooted cuttings per stock plant for the L. polygalifolium clones and 37 and 53 rooted cuttings per stock plant for the L. scoparium clones. L. polygalifolium and L. scoparium were found to be highly amenable to vegetative propagation, facilitating the establishment of therapeutic-honey plantations.

对治疗用蜂蜜的高需求推动了Leptospermum（Myrtaceae）花蜜种植园的建设。Leptospermum种子通常难以提取或发芽，因此已寻求方法从插条繁殖Leptospermum。我们评估了两种高价值物种，L。polygalifolium和L. scoparium，在有或没有应用吲哚-3-丁酸（IBA）的情况下作为生根插条繁殖的适宜性。尽管IBA偶尔会增加两个物种的每根生根插条不定根的数量，但IBA不会显着影响平均生根百分比。未经处理的插条的平均生根百分率是百日草L. polygalifolium的92％，88％和93％克隆P6，P9和P10，以及鳞球梭菌克隆S9和S15的65％和76％。从三个连续收获植物生产的累积容量为单位的库存植物95，126和118扦插为L. polygalifolium克隆和37个53每股票植物扦插为L.花棒克隆。发现多倍乳杆菌和景天乳杆菌高度适合营养繁殖，从而促进了治疗性蜂蜜种植园的建立。