Fruit Tree Grafting Service

One healthy tree can carry several compatible varieties: more flavor, a longer harvest, better pollination and more out of the tree you already have.

We graft apple, pear, peach, fig and plum. Apples and pears take most reliably.

Why graft multiple varieties

A multi-graft tree adds variety without adding trees. In a small yard, that's the difference between one kind of apple and five.

Grafting is also how old varieties survive. Scionwood cut from a heritage tree this winter can fruit on your tree for the next fifty years. Read Remembering Nick Botner for the man who kept thousands of them alive this way.

The Pendragon multi-graft process

Tree assessment

Work starts before grafting season: assessing the tree, choosing the varieties and planning the scionwood.

Multi-graft design

Which cultivars, bloom timing and pollination, the order they ripen, where each graft goes, how to balance vigor, and the pruning structure that holds it all together.

Scionwood sourcing

We help source clean, healthy scionwood. What's available depends on the season and the supplier, and we also cut from our own private collection of heritage trees.

Seasonal grafting

The technique fits the species: cleft, bark, whip-and-tongue, side grafting or chip budding.

Labeling and mapping

Every graft is labeled and mapped, so you'll know what's growing where for years to come.

Aftercare and training

Protecting and watching the grafts, choosing which shoots to keep, follow-up pruning, aftercare guidance and seasonal training visits.

Start with an assessment

We look at your tree's health and structure, talk through what you'd like it to grow, and plan the grafts around both. Most older trees need some structural work first; see fruit tree pruning.