Has anyone tried grafting onto Prunus serrulata (Japanese Flowering Cherry “Kwanzan”)?
The reason that I ask is that I have quite a few growing in my front yard that look beautiful for about 3 weeks a year. If I could extend the functionality of it by producing edibles that would be wonderful. I noticed that it is listed on the chart, but I have not seen anything else about it in the forum, or online for that matter. I cannot find any instance of it being used as a rootstock.
P. serrulata var. lannesiana is the species name for L-2 rootstock. L-2 is Krymsk 7 (Prunus lannesiana). Your flowering cherry should be compatible with sweet and sour cherries as it is related to Krymsk 7.
The University of Arkansas mentions Prunus serrulata Kwanzane as sometimes being grafted onto Prunus padus (Bird Cherry) but can also be on it’s own roots.
I like this webpage from Fowler Nurseries. The page does not say it cannot be done, but it doesn’t offer it as a possible even with all the options that are there.
From that link, “Adara is graft compatible with many prunus species including European plums, Asian plums, sweet cherries, peaches, nectarines, pluots, apriums, apricots, almonds, and nanking cherries. However, compatibility depends on the specific cultivar.”
That almond tree is still growing well. There are a couple of sweet cherry cultivars now on top of the Adara interstem. Two out of three sweet cherry grafts grew last year so with luck, perhaps a few fruit samples this summer. I have also grafted Mission almond to the bottom half of the tree.
Korean Sun Pear
Pyrus fauriei ‘Westwood’ as dwarfing rootstock for Pear
Zone: 4
Height: 12’
Spread: 15’
Shape: Compact, rounded.
Foliage: Medium green, fine textured.
Fall Color: Red to purple red.
Flower: White.
Excellent fall color and compact size are key attributes of this selection. Although definitely a dwarf, this cultivar grows faster with better nursery characteristics than the parent species. Much hardier than P. calleryana, it also has a smaller, more rounded and shrub-like head.
Reading above it says that pyrus ussuriensis is compatible with all pears. I have read somewhere (can’t find it again) that it may cause pear decline in European pears. Anyone have any input on this? Burnt Ridge apparently isn’t selling BET this year online, so I was thinking of ordering this instead but I am worried that it won’t last with Euro Pear. Thanks for any and all help.
here’s my contribution: i learned
this post is incredible. WAY above me but i know where to turn! amazing growers. so much information – very valuable (and i was just googling to see if Prunus domestica grafted to Prunus salicina, or vice versa). thank you for all your work!