Out of 5 or so grafted Jujubes I have gotten, Autumn Beauty Jujube is the only one that hasn’t died below the graft. The tree is getting a little bigger now, so hopefully it can grow into maturity, and not end up as a Jujube(Ziziphus jujuba) rootstock. The tree is growing straight and narrow. This […]
Category Archives: Fruit
Nanking Cherry Fruit Production
Now that my Nanking Cherries are getting older, I am getting reliable fruit production most years. The fruit on the Nanking Cherry(Prunus tomentosa) is small and the birds like it, also.
Firecracker Crabapple Fruit
Some apples are forming on the Firecracker Apple tree. These crabapples are said to be red fleshed, soon I shall personally find out.
Northrop & Kokuso Mulberry
Most of the mulberries here have been planted by wild animals, but I have bought some mulberry cultivars, such as the two below: Northrop Mulberry on the left and Kokuso Mulberry on the right.
Male Flowers of the Melon Tree
Che, often called Melon Tree, is a marginally hardy fruit tree in my area. The female died in the harsh winter, but the male had no dieback and has flowered this month. These trees have been called Cudrania tricuspidata, but now are classified in same genus as Osage Orange and are called Maclura tricuspidata. Nurseries […]
Yellowhorn Seedpods
My young Yellowhorn bushes flowered this year and started to develop seedpods. Also known as the Popcorn Shrub because of how the flowers look.
Evans Cherry Suckering
Evans Cherry is good at suckering and I can dig the suckers up and create more Cherry bushes. The above photo shows the Lilac and Evans Cherry suckers intermingling.
Black Cherry Flowering
You always can see where the Black Cherries(Prunus Serotina) are when they are flowering. Later in summer, the trees have cherries that the wildlife love to eat.
Evans Cherry
The Evans Cherry produced fruit for the first time last year and looks like it will continue that trend. This shrub is also called the Bali Cherry.
Chojuro Asian Pear Another Year Flowering
The Chojuro Pear has flowered again this spring. This pear tree has never produced fruit yet, but has flowered for multiple years.