Is Companion Plants a website or a retail store around (I havn't seen it around). But I'm interested in growing CZ myself, so I'd like to check this out for myself.
A cutting is a gardener's term for cutting a piece of live plant, and stimulating the growth of new roots, so in essense, you ARE buying a full live plant.
The term cutting is just there to explain where the plant came from. Cuttings ensure a certain level of potency, and it ensures the genetics (so to speak) of the plant.
There are two strains of Calea. One does nothing, the other induces vivid dreams. If your Calea does nothing for you, question your Calea source, or just find a new source of the herb.