While many people have focused on the health benefits of gardening in recent years, another rewarding aspect of working with plants hasn't received quite as much attention. Gardening promotes ...

So, it's best to graft the stock and scion from the same species. For best success, combine common fruit tree cultivars like apples, cherries, juneberry, autumn olives, and plums with a rootstock from ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you already have one in your home landscape — take a close look at the trunk near the soil surface. You might see a faint scar where two ...

The process can be complex, but the results are incredibly satisfying—and delicious.

While familiarity with the term “grafting” is widespread among gardeners, a true understanding of what grafting is and why it is done is not so common. In a nutshell, grafting is a horticultural ...

This month, I took on something I’ve only done once before — fruit tree grafting for Extension food access projects across the tri-county area. Last spring, I grafted 24 apple scions onto 24 ...

Not long ago, while walking down Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem, I spotted a tree unlike any I had ever seen before. It had both pink and red flowers which, upon closer examination, belonged to the same ...

Not all resprouting is good news on cold-damaged citrus trees. Dan Gill explains about grafting. The rootstock makes a tree cold hardy, but the top of the plant grows the fruit. BY DAN GILL | ...