Figs are rampant growers and precocious fruiters. This fig was photoed mid-March Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, growing on the strip in full leaf while few others trees were yet to leaf out. The main trunk pictured is about 8 inches in diameter. The tree-shrub is about 10-15 feet tall. What fruit shrub or tree in… Continue reading Lessons of the Fig #1: Black Elderberry

A very mild February brings out the blossoms of edible blue honeysuckle (honeyberry), Nanking cherry, and Japanese plums – also elderberry leaves. Elderberry seems to be the first berry bush to leaf out (with honeyberry) and the last to bloom, while honeyberry seems the first to bloom (with Nanking cherry).

Great overviews of cold hardy fruit & nut trees, shrubs, and vines, groundcovers, brambles by the Calgary Horticultural Society: TREES SHRUBS VINES, GROUNDCOVERS, BRAMBLES

Medlar ripening on the tree.

Allegheny pawpaw was pursued and discovered by WVU grad Neal Peterson. Texture of banana whip, flavor of mango-banana. Almost like warm ice cream, or custard, a light fruity flavor like a slushie but more full, more fruitful. Pawpaw is the largest edible tree fruit native to North America. This fruit I found in the grass… Continue reading Allegheny Pawpaw

Sunroot is a perennial sunflower. First blooms this year September 3rd.

3 buck and 7 doe come to munch the elderberry but reluctant to eat much of the goumi.

These fruits were more sweet than tart, about the size of pin cherry, and darker. Black cherry trees are commonly grown or harvested for timber, while the birds love the tasty fruit.

How many different types of fruits can you fit into a yard? Ross Raddi is pushing the limits in eastern Pennsylvania. From citrus to jujube to muscadines, persimmons, pawpaws, berries and more. Also an endless variety of fig plants, including some for sale.

Pin Cherry aka Fire Cherry “grows in dry to moist clearings, open woods, woodland edges and disturbed sites. Its seeds sprout easily after a fire and can lay dormant for many years. In fact, it has its common name, Fire Cherry, due to its value as a reforesting agent after fires. It has another common name,… Continue reading Prunus Pensylvanica: aka Pin Cherry, Bird Cherry, Fire Cherry