Grafting
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Grafting or graftage is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together. The upper part of the combined plant is called the scion while the lower
Cherry tree, consolidated "V" graft
Tape has been used to bind the rootstock and scion at the graft, and tar to protect the scion from desiccation.
A grafted tree showing two differently coloured blossoms
Graft particular to plum cherry. The scion is the largest in the plant, due to the imperfect union of the two. It can be seen on the enlarged trunk: this accumulation of starch is an indication of imperfection.
Inosculation
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Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which trunks, branches or roots of two trees grow together in a manner biologically similar to the artificial process of grafting. It customarily results when t
Grafting
…part is called the rootstock. The success of this joining requires that the vascular tissues grow together. The natural equivalent of this process is inosculation. The technique is most commonly used in asexual propagation of commercially grown plants for the horticultural and agricultural trades. The scion is…
Beech tree trunks conjoined
A "husband and wife" blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) at Lynncraigs farm, Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland
The John Wesley tree
Conjoined sycamore maples