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My daughter has an 8 ft "Flowering Almond" tree (I know nothing else about 
it) that is in an open southeast exposure, and is starting to bloom now (in 
Zone 7 west of Winston-Salem, NC).  It usually blooms in early March and the 
blossoms usually freeze about the time it reaches full bloom.  I would like 
to graft it onto some handy rootstock and plant the grafted tree in a 
norhtern exposure to delay bloom.
I am tempted to use one of the many wild cherry seedlings that appear 
everywhere here.  Anyone suggest a better rootstock?
Thanks,

Jim Nottke
Pfafftown, NC