Hello, We are new to gardening so may be a silly question. We bought a couple Prunus amanogawa but at the bottom of one seems to be a different plant, see photo:
Does anyone know what/why it is and what we should do with it? Thank you. Scott and Becca
the bit at the bottom is growing from the rootstock. The top bit is grafted onto it. You can see the join , the sloping bit, a few inches above soil level Remove the bottom bit.
Your cherry variety is one that has been grafted onto another prunus rootstock to improve its growth. Sometimes the rootstock will produce shoots (called suckers) and these need to be removed or they will take over and grow much bigger than the variety you have chosen.
Theres a garden that I frequently walk past where this has happened ... I wish someone had explained to the owner what to do. My fingers twitch when I walk past but I don’t know the owner. 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Remove the bottom bit.
Your cherry variety is one that has been grafted onto another prunus rootstock to improve its growth. Sometimes the rootstock will produce shoots (called suckers) and these need to be removed or they will take over and grow much bigger than the variety you have chosen.
This should help https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBgQlEJxRJA
Theres a garden that I frequently walk past where this has happened ... I wish someone had explained to the owner what to do. My fingers twitch when I walk past but I don’t know the owner. 🙄
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.