As new compound is provided a cyclohexane derivative of the formula
wherein R' is a hydrogen or a lower alkyl; R 2 is a lower alkyl; R 3 is a hydrogen, an alkyl, an alkenyl, a hydroxyalkyl, a cycloalkyl, a morpholino, an aminoalkyl, an N-alkylaminoalkyl, an N,N-di-alkylaminoalkyl, an alkoxycarbonylalkyl, a group of the formula -(CH 2 ) -R 4 where R 4 is a lower alkoxy, a lower alkylthio, a benzylthio, an anilino, a morpholino, a piperazino, a piperidino or a lower alkyl-substituted piperidino and is 2 or 3, a group of the formula
where X is a halogen, a lower alkyl, a lower alkoxy, a phenoxy or an alkoxycarbonylalkyloxy, m is zero or 1 and n is an integer of zero to 2, inclusive, a group of the formula -CH 2 -R 5 where R 5 is a furyl, a thenyl or a pyridyl, or a group of the formula
where R 5 is as defined above; or a salt of said cyclohexane derivative.
This cyclohexane derivative exhibits useful plant growth regulating effects on crop-plants and also non-crop-plants such as lawn.