Sorbus domestica. This is a grafted true service tree of a very special variety called "Christophs Apfel". The reason this variety is very special, is because it flowers and fruits at a really young age. A friend of mine grafted this tree last winter and it flowered and made fruit. To graft a tree and then have it flower and set fruit straight away is very unusual. This variety is known to flower and fruit very quickly at a young age. To me this is exciting because i planted about 20 sorbus domestica trees on my land, the oldest one was moved from our old property, and having lived here for 5 years, i am still waiting for my trees to flower. Since this young tree flowered last year it should flower again this year, all going well. I will post pictures if it happens.
Malus sieversii. This is my little three coloured malus sieversii apple when it was young. Now i am trying to multiply it by approach grafting. The ornamental value of this tree is off the charts. Incredible leaf colours. This was at the end of last year. Now i am approach grafting it onto another apple rootstock. I did the grafting on the 6th of march and plan to cut them off on the 6th of june. In spring the leaves are green with a little red on the edges but each year they then display spectacular colours. The problem is the plant is not very vigourous and we don't know what the fruit will be like. Here you can see that the rootstock makes larger leaves than the three coloured apple. I found this individual in 428 seed-grown malus sieversii. Malus sieversii is incredibly diverse genetically as you can see in the next picture. These are malus sieversii seedlings displaying huge diversity.
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