The last of Peto's six spectacular cherry trees in the middle of the garden is in blossom this week.
Whilst double grafted (at 6 inches, then top-worked at about 5ft), we are getting new growth from the bottom graft. These plants are over 100 years old now, hence we have lost the others to old age - but it is as though the plant knows it is sadly not long for this world and is trying to give us some new material to propagate from.
The puzzling thing is how similar the new material off the bottom graft (image below) is compared to the growth from the top (image above). As I see more of the leaves and get detailed images I'll put more here as a compare and contrast.
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