Re: Forsythia as a standard
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Forsythia as a standard
- From: A*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2000 13:52:59 EST
In a message dated 2/6/00 2:36:48 PM, llmen@execpc.com writes:
<< as anyone else noticed the standard (tree form) of forsythia that is
offered in the current Wayside catalog? Photo at:
http://www.execpc.com/~llmen/stdforsythia.jpg
<<I'm curious as to what type of wood they use for the standard (this is a
grafted plant) I didn't know there were any forsythia species that could
produce this large a trunk. Might they have used a related genus? I've
often wondered if you could do something like this with weigela, perhaps by
grafting it on a viburnum std.
Don Martinson
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin (Milwaukee suburb) >>
Don,
It might be grafted onto a privet or ash rootstock. They are related to
forsythia.
Al Krismer
Cincinnati Ohio
Zone 6
-10F or -23C minimum temp
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