Noun
A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCommon rootstocks include Mazzard, Mahaleb, Colt, and Gisela Series, a dwarfing rootstock that produces trees significantly smaller than others, only 8 to 10 feet (2.5 to 3 meters) tall. Source: Internet
In situations where extreme cold has damaged or killed the olive tree the rootstock can survive and produce new shoots which in turn become new trees. Source: Internet
This is done by grafting the fruit producing plant onto rootstock grown from seedlings or, if the plant is desired to be a true cultivar, rootstock grown from cuttings of a mature plant. Source: Internet
The Bradford pear ( Pyrus calleryana 'Bradford') in particular has become widespread in North America, and is used only as an ornamental tree, as well as a blight-resistant rootstock for Pyrus communis fruit orchards. Source: Internet
To keep our costs low, we purchased rootstock instead of older trees; now, almost six months later, our apple trees stand about as tall as me (not very tall), and have sprouted several branches. Source: Internet
Willow Drive sells rootstock to other nurseries but is keeping more for its own finished tree production, Adams said. Source: Internet