A PASSION FOR PLANTS


Grafting and Budding by Nancy Schramm


greenthumb@carmansnursery.com


J


anuary is here (Happy New Year, everyone!)


and you know what that means – it’s time to talk propagation. Over the last few Januarys we’ve covered propagation by seeds, cuttings and divi- sions. This month let’s take a look at grafting and budding. Grafting and bud-


ding are grouped together because they both take a piece of a desirable plant and attach it to another growing plant that will, in the end, become the new roots for your combined plant. Why do this? There are many rea- sons. Hybrid tea roses are


EXAMPLES OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING ON FRUIT TREES. 10 January 2012 • Out & About www.outandaboutmagazine.com


traditionally grafted for mainly economic rea- sons, the grower can get saleable plants to market more quickly than from rooted cut- tings. Some roses are either especially poor or over exuberant growers, and grafting these to a different root stock can overcome these problems. Fruit trees are usually graft- ed to a specialized root stock, one that has been chosen for disease resistance, one that will somewhat dwarf an oth- erwise very large grow- ing variety or one that will tolerate diffi- cult soil con- ditions. Home


gardeners with limited space can


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