The Fruits of Persia
Delicious Additions to Your Edible Landscape!
What do figs, pomegranates, persimmons, almonds, peaches, apricots, and grapes all have in common (aside from being delicious)? They’re part of a group w…
Ribes odoratum ‘Crandall’
Here is a stellar plant that is beautiful, fragrant, and delicious – as well as being good for the birds!
‘Crandall’ Blackcurrant is woefully under-utilized, perhaps people haven’t eaten a curr…
Asian Persimmons
Persimmons are the fruit you didn’t know you needed. So decorative! So versatile! And fall color as a bonus in an edible tree. Asian Persimmons are the main type for home gardeners to grow, even t…
Pruning Blackberries
Get those canes ready for spring growth
When we plant berry bushes, we look forward to picking handfuls of luscious berries all summer long. To achieve that, it’s best to get your pruning and cleani…
Pollination of fruit trees
Making sure your fruit trees are pollinated
Very quickly, just came across this useful little website. Gives you a succinct rundown of pollination basics for fruit trees. I learned that…
Bees and fruit trees
Fruit trees not fruiting?
Has this happened to you? Fruit trees with no fruit?! We had a recent customer with this problem, despite him taking loving care of his fruit trees. That is not only disa…
Blueberries and Strawberries in Containers
Our class on Blueberries and Strawberries in containers was a lot of fun! We helped several customers pot up their own blueberries in a custom mix containing sulphur, acid fertilizer, and bark, guar…
Feijoa sellowiana
Pineapple Guava
The botanical name is difficult but you CAN grow something as tropical sounding as Pineapple Guava in your yard, plus it’s drought tolerant and deer resistant- our two favorite quali…