Custom Grafting Service
In addition to our normal range of fruit trees we also offer a custom fruit tree grafting service. We can propagate almost any fruit tree for you, subject to availability of suitable grafting material.
We mostly propagate trees using graftwood from our own extensive collection, but we can also use other collections such as the National Fruit Collection or at the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens at Wisley.
We can no longer accept material in the post from customers. If you have a tree which you want to propagate it is worth learning to do a simple bark graft. Techniques are shown in the many videos on the youtube channel JSacadura
How to Order
It is best to order before the end of June, for delivery in December the following year.
We list hundreds of rare fruit tree varieties on our website which we don't produce annually, but which are available for custom-graft orders - you can order custom grafts for these directly from the variety page.
We can also produce custom-grafts for varieties that are in regular production, but are not available on the rootstock you require, or from graft material supplied by you. To order these please use our contact form.
The cost of the grafting service is £39.00 per tree. Depending on the order you might not be asked to pay when you place the order, but we will later ask you for a deposit, and we will invoice you for the full amount prior to delivery.
Although most customers order 1-2 trees, we can propagate larger quantities if required.
Rootstocks
We can propagate onto a wide range of rootstocks. The choice of rootstock determines the eventual size of the tree and is therefore important in that it will determine the suitability of the tree for the site and purpose for which it is intended. You should let us know the rootstock you would like us to propagate onto when placing your order. To find out more about the characteristics of different rootstocks please click the appropriate fruit type below:
Apple / Cider apple / Crab apple
Plum / Damson / Cherry Plum / Bullace
British-grown fruit trees