The invention relates to the field of plant cultivation, and specifically discloses a plant conservation device and a use method. The device is formed by a conservation cover, a base basin, a planting basin, and a water-absorbing material. The device is characterized in that the a cultured plant or a propagule of a plant are planted in the planting basin, and then the planting basin is put on a supporter which is raised in the base basin, and the base basin is held with a culture solution, a transparent conservation cover is covered, so the cultured plant is in a relative closed and moist conservation space, leaves are kept lively and can normally perform photosynthesis to synthetize organic nutrition for plants to grow or for propagule to take roots and sprout and grow into plants while moisture supply is satisfied. Compared with the prior art, the device is advantaged by simple structure, convenient use operation, not high seedling raising technology, few and even no daily nurse, labor saving, water saving, and energy conversation, high seedling survival rate, and low seedling growing cost, and the plants do not easily interfered by external environment, and do not easily be damaged by diseases and pests. The device and the method can be widely applied in fields of plant cutting seedling growing, grafting seedling growing, seedling transplanting in-cup maintenance, and plant off-ground health preserving and fresh keeping.