Thanks! Dumb Q but how large of a graft is reasonable to depend upon, for instance can I find a great trunk on a 3' tall juniper in a parking lot, but this trunk doesn't have *any* lower branches.....can I depend on 'installing' a low branch (that'd likely become my leader down the road)? Is it more-often a thread-graft from the same specimen or same cultivar, or an approach-graft from a diff specimen of same cultivar?
Really appreciate this! I'd been looking at topology maps after watching a video w/ Bjorn recently and hearing how he "can just head out to the mountains to grab hundreds-year-old material", that's how it is here for me w/ bougie/crape/cypress (well, not hundreds of years but mature), really got me eager....the 'hurdle' of getting someone to give-up a mature yardadori shouldn't be too-bad, am in a spot right now where I can offer significant enough replacement-specimen if it helps seal the deal, but there's one massive thing I'm unsure of in this regard: what type(s) of Junipers should I look for? I know (i think!) that I should be avoiding the tall / tree types, and that that leaves the 'prostrate' (low-lying but not a creeper) types and the creeper/ground-cover types.....my understanding is the 'prostrate' ones, that aren't trees but aren't ground-covers, are where you wanna be, but I'm unsure if ground-cover ones are also valid specimen to be searching for too?
Thanks a ton, there's a handful of spots (residential & commercial) where, for months, I've been trying to "build rapport" so I can eventually make the proposition, but not knowing when the best time-of-year is or whether I strictly need prostrate-type cultivars, has had me dragging my feet! Again thanks a ton now I'm stoked to go make this happen, I just recently got my first real 'mature' ficus and expect to get this new juniper sometime soon (if it's the season, I now nothing of coniferous stuff sadly, have to google for anything if it's not a BC!)
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