Today, we know that the cambium, or actively growing, layer of cells just below the bark is responsible for a successful tree ...

Grafting fruit trees - combining two or more different trees into one - is a fun undertaking for gardeners. Here's everything you need to know about it.

Rootstock trees for apple are often smaller dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties. A tree that would normally have a height of 30 feet may be grafted to a rootstock that will only reach a mature height of ...

Rootstock trees for apple are often smaller dwarf or semi-dwarf varieties. A tree that would normally have a height of 30 feet may be grafted to a rootstock that will only reach a mature height of ...

The Gravenstein apple, which is of unknown origin, arrived in Denmark in the 17th century. The story goes that it was ...

Green-thumbed shoppers looking to add a unique apple tree to their outdoor space, without breaking the bank, shouldn't snooze ...

Most dwarf apple trees are created by grafting. With this method, a branch of any apple variety, such as Northern Spy, McIntosh or Red Delicious, is joined to a special dwarfing rootstock a few ...

In much of the woody plant realm (i.e. most fruit trees and many landscape perennials), grafting is standard, even though grafting is expensive because it takes skill and time.

When you purchase an apple tree from a nursery, it will almost certainly be a grafted tree. To be sure of getting a good variety of fruit, a branch that will produce it is grafted to other roots.

The graft material — 18- to 24-inch-long wands called “scion” wood — had been snipped from the tree in November, when the two damaged limbs were chain-sawed off.

Grafting is at the core of Bunker’s work, allowing him to bring new life to the rare, aging apple trees of Maine. With just a little effort, he can take a small shoot and grow the tree anew.