I want to graft some spirea to make a standard. Does anyone know what sort of root stock I would need.
anyone ?????
I don't really know much about it, Shirl, but I found this http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=443 (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.
Depending on what spirea you want as a standard surely you can train it into a standard rather than trying to graft it.
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.
Why not try growing three spindly stems then as they grow plaiting them together ? Cheers, ::) Tony.
Thats another idea Thanks Tony