Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Hybrid trees, 1 by David_Vermont

David_Vermont wrote:
One of my favorite oaks that I grow is a bur x live x english oak, see attached photo. This is a tree that resulted from an open pollination so the genetic makeup might be far more colorful. I also would like to get a grafted tree of bur x live oak, two stellar parents. F1 hybrids, I raised sheep for years and had some great first crosses between Romney and Border Leicester. Using a terminal sire like a Suffolk resulted in a fast growing lamb great for market. F2 genetics can be all over the place with sheep but with some organism you have more stability. I also played around with rose hybridization. With roses I found that some crosses end up with sterile pollen or might produce viable pollen but wouldn't set seed. Maybe sterility might play a role in evening things out with these oaks that we are creating.