Rose grows on Banksian rose, and Banksian rose blooms even prettier than roses

[0031]Rose grows on Banksian rose, and unexpectedly Banksian rose blooms even prettier than roses!

A couple of days ago, a gardening friend in Lan Yao's reader group asked Lan Yao whether the many wild roses at home could be used to graft a rose tree.

Many gardening friends have heard of rose trees, and many have seen them too. They look like lollipops, with the tree covered in rose blooms, very beautiful, and they have been quite popular these past two years. They are loved by many gardening friends.

Many gardening friends want to graft a rose tree themselves. Actually, grafting is easy; the main difficulty is choosing the grafting rootstock.

Choosing the grafting rootstock

Although wild roses can be used to graft roses, the branches of wild roses have a limited lifespan and often age and die after just a few years.

And cultivating a rose tree also takes a lot of time and effort, because when choosing the rootstock, you must choose a rose-family plant with a relatively long lifespan as the rootstock.

Using wild roses and roses as rootstock tends to lead to aging problems. By the time the grafted rose has taken shape, the rootstock is often already failing, so everyone is advised to use Banksian rose as the grafting rootstock for rose trees.

Banksian rose has a relatively long lifespan and is not prone to aging problems.

Wild Banksian rose can be dug up on many mountains, and gardening friends with nowhere to dig can buy it.

Grafting method

Rose trees are mostly grafted using the bud grafting method. Several rose buds can be grafted onto one rootstock at the same time, making it easier to grow the shape the gardening friend wants.

Bud grafting is relatively simple and has a high survival rate. The best time to graft should be in spring or early autumn; these two periods are the rapid growth stages of roses, which help the grafting wound heal and new branches sprout.

When grafting, first prepare the rootstock by making a T-shaped cut, slicing open the bark, then take a bud, insert the removed bud into the T-shaped cut on the rootstock, and wrap it tightly with grafting film.

For a successfully grafted rose tree, if you notice the rootstock sprouting, you should promptly remove the buds, so that the rootstock buds do not sprout and compete for nutrients, causing the grafted buds to fail to sprout.

If you also like rose trees, why not try grafting one yourself? If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message.

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