Flamingo tree?
Question:I want to know what plant you graft a flamingo tree on to?
Answers:
Hi Wendy.
The "Flamingo tree" or Salix integra 'Hakuro-nishiki' is a rather common Willow (Salix) that has had what I can only believe to be a "sport" (genetic oddity), grafted into the top of the Willow.
A "sport" is usually weak genetically and has difficulty thriving as it isn't how it was designed to exist, this is why it grafted on to a common Willow to give it vigour.
If the top graft dies, the Willow that it is grafted onto can become a fully blown Willow tree 60ft+ in height. So don't let any suckers from the base grow up!
Hope that helps Wendy. Sorry I couldn't be more specific about what type of Willow the Japanese top part of the graft is. All I know is that it is the pink bit... sorry.
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