Grafting two plants together happens naturally when compatible species jam up against each other, rubbing their bark off and then getting stuck long enough to fuse together.<\/p>\n
You see this quite often when inspecting old willows<\/a>, whose whippy stems readily graft onto themselves where they tangle, which is half of what makes willow so perfect for making a living fence-hedge, or fedge (the other half is that they grow so blooming fast).<\/p>\n Named cultivars (e.g. a Granny Smith apple tree<\/a>) of ornamental<\/a> and fruit trees<\/a> are the most commonly grafted, whether new trees that you buy from plant nurseries staffed by well-dressed, healthy looking people like us; or healthy old trees that you want to give a new lease of life as a different variety.<\/p>\n When selecting a video to help you learn about grafting, we put a lot of effort into making sure it has the essentials: chilled background music, a nice exotic narrating voice, and gorgeously sunny Portuguese surroundings that make grafting seem even more attractive to all the impressionable young people that must be reading this.<\/p>\n