Article: WEEKEND: GARDENING: Grafting away at cutting edge; NURSERYMAN SHOWS HOW STEADY HAND AND SHARP KNIFE CAN PRODUCE PERFECT TWO-IN-ONE PLANT.(Features)

Byline: ANN EVANS

IT'S a technique which might take some mastering, but it could help you stock the garden and save pounds in the process, as ANN EVANS reports. THE art of grafting came to Coventry nurseryman Brian Richardson through hands-on experience.

For keen gardeners, it is one way of producing sturdier shrubs and trees.

But the process of combining two different plants - by joining a cutting from a choice plant to a healthy rootstock so that when the union heals, they behave as a single plant - is easier said than done.

Brian ...

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