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| I've grown a lot of roses, done rooted cuttings, done crosses and seedlings but I've never done any grafting. For some reason I've always been hesitant about it. This spring my pretty rose tree, Baby Blanket, really took a hit from winter. It was in the shed but with as cold as it was for as long as it was that graft at the top really, even though insulated and wrapped, was pretty much frozen off. It did have one fairly decent cane left and one not so good cane so we knew the roots and trunk had to still be viable.
I was planning on just rooting some cuttings of Baby Blanket and tossing the tree. But my brother, Al, had other ideas. He loves polyanthas and we have 3 now and at my show Saturday he begged a cutting for another one off of a friend. So he took the four poly cuttings that he had and grafted them to the tree!
So with luck I'll have a Baby Blanket, Verdun, Zenaitta, Blanche Neige and Wings Dings rose tree!
I think I'll still root some Baby Blanket cuttings, just in case... |
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| Wow, that is so exciting. I hope the cuttings take to the grafts. Wish you best of luck. Please share with us the progress of your tree. Thanks. |
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- Posted by desertgarden561 9/SZ11 -Las Vegas, N (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 17:48
| Seil, I own a tree that has Improved Meyers lemon, lime, honey mandarin, and two types of oranges growing on it. We call it our "Frankenstein" tree because the leaves and even growth habits of all the varieties differ. In a couple of years, hopefully we will be able to prune it and make its appearance nice. I love having all of the different varieties. The fruit has been great and the tree is healthy. Maybe your multiple grafted tree rose will be healthy and have lots of gorgeous blooms. Lynn |
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| Cool! I hope things work out Seil! Keep us updated... Thanks |
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| Thanks! I'm hoping that at least one of them will take. It would make Al very happy that he succeeded! |
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- Posted by frenchcuffs13 z8a (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 1:04
| Please let us know how it goes. I'm wishing the best of luck for a happy healthy tree. |
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