What are the limitations on tree and plant grafting?

The only real way to tell if it can be grafted is simply to try. But generally speaking plants that are closely related graft together best, and form a good graft union. read more

Grafting is done in winter or early spring, when the scion wood is dormant. While grafting trees has many advantages, including retaining of desirable characteristics of the parent plants, and enhancing disease resistance and cold hardiness, there are some disadvantages as well. read more

Limitations: Successful grafting is often limited to plants that are related because they must share similar characteristics, such as color, fruit and growth habit. In most cases, this means the plants must be in the same genus, or at least closely related to be successfully grafted. read more