Northrop Mulberry is said to be the cold-hardiest mulberry cultivar. It is a White Mulberry(Morus alba) and produces a lot of fruit.
Category Archives: Fruit
Strawberry Difference
A couple different strawberries I am growing can be colored a lot differently. Strawberry on the left is Surecrop and on the right is Crimson King.
Sweet Scarlet Goumi
Sweet Scarlet Goumi(Eleagnus multiflora ‘Sweet Scarlet’) is a bush that has strongly scented flowers and produces a lot of fruit. This plant, also known as Cherry Silverberry, fruits in late June. The birds quickly eat this fruit so I do not eat much of it.
Juneberries
Juneberries(Amelanchier) are not native here, but I have planted a few species of them. They produce edible fruit that looks similar to blueberries.
Big Apple Dogwood
My Chinese Dogwood has started flowering last year and has more flowers this year. This is the cultivar known as Big Apple because the fruit suppose to be larger than normal.
Flower Attack
April showers did bring May flowers this year. There are a few Autumnberry cultivars I grow for the edible fruit. This spring they are full of flowers and are heavily scented. Evans Cherry is a sour cherry that has large bundles of flowers on it. Littleleaf Lilac has a lot of attractive pink flowers, while […]
Sweetheart Snow
The Sweetheart Apricot tree is full of blossoms this spring. Even the snow couldn’t stop it.
Potted Fig Fruit
Bought as a Brown Turkey Fig, it produces fruit about every year. If I could only grow one potted plant, this would be it. I love eating the figs.
Iowa Aralia Elata
Aralia Elata is a fast growing spiny shrub-like tree. It has started to sucker.
Pinocchio
The Indigo Rose Tomato is a unique tomato. They suppose to be very nutritious, but sometimes they appear to be telling a lie.