In South Louisiana, all of the citrus trees we grow are grafted. So, too, are many other fruit and nut trees, rose bushes and camellia plants. Grafting is a common horticulture technique. It's an ...

Nature has created some pretty weird cacti for our enjoyment. Add a bit of human intervention and the strangeness doubles. Grafted cacti are two species that are fused to make one plant. This is done ...

Agricultural grafting dates back nearly 3,000 years. By trial and error, people from ancient China to ancient Greece realized that joining a cut branch from one plant onto the stalk of another could ...

Jerry catches up with Merv Whitehouse, the cactus king, to look at his impressive collection of these beautiful, structural, resilient plants. “I just love how tough these plants are” says Merv of his ...

Kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix) is often grafted onto another Citrus species serving as a rootstock as stem-cuttings are difficult to root on their own. Common rootstock plants include lime and lemon.