{"id":611954983238,"date":"2025-11-13T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/uncategorized\/choosing-rootstocks-for-fruit-trees\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:42:24","slug":"choosing-rootstocks-for-fruit-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/blogs\/fruit\/choosing-rootstocks-for-fruit-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose Rootstocks for Fruit Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rootstocks govern the growth of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/collections\/fruit-trees\">fruit trees<\/a> and there are quite a few to choose from. This post is a long winded way of saying do not worry about rootstocks when you buy fruit trees from us; we choose the best ones for the job. In short, we grow all of our 2 largest sizes of fruit tree, Bushes and Half Standards &#8211; on &#8220;semi-vigorous&#8221; rootstocks that produce a nice size tree for a garden or orchard. Our 2 smallest sizes, Maidens and Cordons (only apples &amp; pears are grown as cordons) are grown on either &#8220;semi-vigorous&#8221; or &#8220;semi-dwarfing&#8221; rootstocks depending on the variety. Whichever it is, it will be suitable for growing as a restricted, wire-trained shape. <span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Just What is a Rootstock?<\/strong><\/span> All the fruit trees that you know and love are clones, from Granny Smith to Victoria Plum. From a genetic point of view, there is only one Granny Smith apple tree. Anyone can use cuttings of a fruit tree to graft onto another tree&#8217;s roots, which is called the rootstock. Cuttings of new growth from that one tree, called scions, can be grafted onto a rootstock chosen from a range of different sapling apple trees. Grafting a scion onto a rootstock is a much better way of cloning a fruit tree from a cutting than just getting the cutting to take root itself. The key benefit is that each rootstock type has known attributes, and a predictable effect on the new tree&#8217;s growth. Mostly, people either want a medium-large orchard tree, or they want to train a fruit tree on wires, usually against a South facing wall or fence. As described above, you only really need 2 rootstocks per fruit type to be able to grow any normal size tree or restricted shape like fans, espaliers, step-overs or arches.<\/p>\n<h3>Want to graft your own?<\/h3>\n<p>You can buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/apple-tree-rootstocks-malling-series\">apple, pear<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/colt-cherry-tree-rootstocks\">cherry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashridgetrees.co.uk\/products\/st-julien-a-plum-tree-rootstocks\">plum family rootstocks<\/a> from us.<\/p>\n\n<section class=\"prodshow-shopify-block\" \n         id=\"prodshow-block-1\"\n         >\n\t\n\t<div class=\"prodshow-container\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Multiple Products\/Collection View -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"prodshow-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated Products\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel\" data-carousel=\"prodshow-block-1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel-viewport\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-carousel-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-card\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/jupiter-apple-trees\" \n\t   class=\"prodshow-product-link\" \n\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t   aria-label=\"Jupiter Apple Trees\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/jupiter-apples-fruit-2.jpg?v=1755634518\" \n\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Jupiter Apples on the tree\" \n\t\t\t\t\t class=\"prodshow-product-image prodshow-product-image-primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0947\/0351\/8022\/files\/jupiter-apples-fruit-3.jpg?v=1755634517\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"Jupiter Apples on the tree\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\t class=\"prodshow-product-image prodshow-product-image-secondary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-content\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"prodshow-product-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/jupiter-apple-trees\" \n\t\t\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t\t\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\tJupiter Apple Trees\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"prodshow-product-meta\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p class=\"prodshow-product-price\">\n\t\t\t\t\u00a324.99\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"prodshow-product-card\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ashridge-trees.myshopify.com\/products\/brown-turkey-fig-trees\" \n\t   class=\"prodshow-product-link\" \n\t   target=\"_blank\" \n\t   rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\n\t   aria-label=\"&#039;Brown Turkey&#039; 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