"Clark" wrote in message
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Greg wrote:
I had a plum tree in my front yard that I loved that was blown down
completely in a storm we had two months ago. I had a tree service
remove it and they left just a small part of the stump in the hole
that was created when the tree was blown over. I was planning on
filling the hole and re-seeding grass over it until I decided if I
would plant another plum tree there or not. In the meantime,
however, a nice new growth of about 2 feet has grown from the plum
tree stump. It seems to be growing at a fairly good pace. Since I
liked this tree so much and am not sure I could find the same species
at a local nursery (it was about 25 years old) I am wondering if I
could grow a new plum tree from these "remnants" of my old plum tree.
Any thoughts/advice on this?

Many dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees are grafted onto rootstock from other
species. It's possible the new growth you see is from that rootstock.