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shirlton
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grafting shrubs
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January 21, 2012, 17:20:44 »
I want to graft some spirea to make a standard. Does anyone know what sort of root stock I would need.
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shirlton
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Re: grafting shrubs
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January 22, 2012, 10:35:54 »
anyone ?????
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grawrc
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Re: grafting shrubs
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January 22, 2012, 10:49:22 »
I don't really know much about it, Shirl, but I found this
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=443
which seems to suggest you should graft it onto its own species?
I suppose it depends why you are doing it and what you want to achieve.
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January 22, 2012, 11:03:38 »
Depending on what spirea you want as a standard surely you can train it into a standard rather than trying to graft it.
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shirlton
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January 22, 2012, 12:23:00 »
Thanks to both of you.
I cannot grow the goldflame up as a standard because it is too spindly so I am going to graft some of it onto another long white flowered species that grows very strong stems.
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Kleftiwallah
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January 22, 2012, 13:58:38 »
Why not try growing three spindly stems then as they grow plaiting them together ? Cheers, ::) Tony.
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shirlton
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Thats another idea Thanks Tony
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