The invention discloses an ancient phoebe zherman
grafting, breeding and preserving method. The method comprises the following steps that firstly, between December and February next year, current-year branches on the middle upper parts of ancient phoebe zherman (more than 200 years old big trees including phoebe chekiangensis and
phoebe bournei) are collected before trees
bud, after a part of leaves are removed, the branches are moisturized and preserved with wet paper, brought back and stored in wet sand for preservation; secondly, the
grafting time is the time when rootstocks start to
bud in February and March and scions do not
bud; thirdly, current-year
pruning branches in a length of about 20 cm are adopted to serve as the scions; fourthly, annual to biennial container-grown seedlings serve as the rootstocks, and
grafting is conducted by means of the
cut-
grafting method; fifthly, after grafting is conducted, the seedlings and the containers are both temporarily planted into soil, and arched sheds are constructed with plastic films covering for moisturizing; sixthly, an observation is conducted once every 7-10 days, the phenomenon that there is water mist or water droplets on the films is taken as a standard, and water is properly sprayed, so that humidness in the sheds is kept. New buds come up in about 30 days, the films on the sheds are uncovered, normal water and
fertilizer management is conducted, the grafting
survival rate reaches 82%, the length of annual grafted seedlings can reach 30-40 cm, growth is normal, and branches and leaves can keep the characteristics of original plants (ancient phoebe zherman).