How To Prune Roses
3. Overall look: When pruning roses, cut out canes that cross, saving the better of the two. On Modern or grafted roses, prune away suckers, or canes that arise from the rootstock, rather than from the plant budded or grafted onto the rootstock. ... [... more]
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Malus Domestica 'Red Delicious' Starkrimson
Apple trees do not grow particularly well on their own roots. As a result, apple varieties sold in commerce today have all been grafted onto rootstocks that, inter alia, control the size of the tree. Rootstocks are generally classified as follows ... [... more]
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Layering In The Garden
Be aware when layering roses that most modern roses are grafted onto the roots of hardy, old-fashioned varieties. You may be successful in layering a favorite hybrid grandiflora, for instance, and even get a few ... [... more]
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Ginkgo -- Determining Sex
Many trees produced at nurseries are grafted male trees. Buds are removed from male trees and grafted on to the rootstock of a seedling ginkgo, eventually becoming the top growth. Tree will usually be marked as "grafted male trees". The only ... [... more]
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Dwarf Conifers
One of the interesting things about conifers is that they aren't grafted to a dwarfing rootstock. Instead, they're usually the result of a genetic mutation. The mutation--known as a witch's broom--may develop on any ... [... more]
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Perspectives on a Grafted Tree: Thoughts for Those Touched
Perspectives On A Grafted Tree I bought this book in 1991, just before I adopted my two sons. It is the type of book that I continue to go back to at various stages of my 'parental development', and I continually find something to touch my heart. Now ... [... more]
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Carefree Roses, Old And New
Whether the rose you're planting is container-grown or bare-root, you must plant it at a depth that's appropriate for your climate. Grafted roses have a gnarled knob, called the bud union, at the base of the trunk. In mild-winter climates, leave ... [... more]
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