In a message dated 3/8/03 3:23:31 PM,
writes:
I'm sure I recall reading somewhere that Pyracomeles is a chimera created
through grafting.

If Pyracomeles were a graft chimera, it would be noted in the Hillier manual.
It is a (probably) spontaneous garden hybrid like the Dunkeld larch. There
are a number of graft chimeras in the Rosaceae. In writing the name of a
graft chimera, the + sign is put in front of it, rather than x.
Iris

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