The work aimed to investigate plant propagation efficiency of hydroponic/soilless culture system compared to traditional/soil culture system, and the possibility of its application in the production of different ornamental plants. For the comparison, cuttings of the most important ficus species, F. penjamina and F. Hawaii, were cultivated under the two systems in two separated experiments. Three effective factors including plant species, cutting type and growth regulators type were studied under the two culture systems. Terminal and intermediate cuttings of both ficus species were cultivated hydroponically in water or traditionally in an equal mixture of sand and peat moss. Both media were supplemented with 50 ppm of (IAA), 3-indole acetic acid, (IBA), indole-3-butyric acid or (NAA), 1-naphthyl acetic acid solutions besides control treatment without any growth regulator. To investigate the application of hydroponic system in the production of different plant genera, cuttings of Schefflera and Ficus were cultivated under hydroponic system feeding by 50 ppm of IAA, IBA, NAA or water for control treatment. The studied factors had important roles in the propagation of plants via cuttings under the two culture systems. F. penjamina responded better than F. hawaii. Terminal cuttings were better under traditional system but intermediate cuttings were better under hydroponic system. Treatment of cuttings by growth regulators was essential under both systems, and IAA was the best one. A difference was also found between the two studied culture systems where traditional system was better for survival of cuttings however, hydroponic system was better for rooting and growth of cuttings. The application of hydroponic system on scheffelera proved the importance of plant type factor. The reported work showed the differences between the two culture systems, and the possibility of their application for the production of different plants. The obtained results could be of great importance for the production of plants at commercial scale by any culture system