ShadyStump
Imperial Masterpiece
At our new home we're planning gardens and fruit trees to plant. On the subject of fruit trees grafted trees producing multiple varieties keeps coming up which has led me to start researching more on grafting in general. I've read through some of the old instructional threads, as well as some off site research and came to this question: how far can you go with grafting between different species?
Of course you can graft many varieties of the same fruit into the same root stock, and you can graft between various pines, or various maples, etc. I've been told you can graft a rose to an apple because they're both of the genus rosacea, and I have a curl leaf mountain mahogany in the yard- also rosacea- so I could theoretically graft between it, the apple and the rose.
But my nagging question is could I graft between unrelated species? For example, a maple and an elm, or a pine and a yew. I wouldn't imagine mixing conifers and deciduous would ever work because of differences in the aspects of dormancy and nutrient requirements, but just how far have any of you pushed it? Mostly wondering out of curiosity.
Of course you can graft many varieties of the same fruit into the same root stock, and you can graft between various pines, or various maples, etc. I've been told you can graft a rose to an apple because they're both of the genus rosacea, and I have a curl leaf mountain mahogany in the yard- also rosacea- so I could theoretically graft between it, the apple and the rose.
But my nagging question is could I graft between unrelated species? For example, a maple and an elm, or a pine and a yew. I wouldn't imagine mixing conifers and deciduous would ever work because of differences in the aspects of dormancy and nutrient requirements, but just how far have any of you pushed it? Mostly wondering out of curiosity.