Lingonberries/Cranberries in Southeast/Mid-Atlantic?
Ernie
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I'm giving up on Pawpaw, Hardy Kiwi... what has failed for you?
Comments (20)I am really considering giving up on pawpaws. I have one seedling tree that is 6-7 years old and just over 5 ft tall it is doing ok but it has taken it so long to grow. The problem is that for what ever reason I cannot keep a grafted tree alive. I've tried NC-1, Potomac and Wabash. They always fail after a few years and now I am another 4 years out for a potential pollinator. I bought a Wabash back in 2014 that was growing like a weed. We had a late frost that burned off all of the leaves but like a champ it came back and grew like crazy just to die that winter. It's roots sprouted and grew nicely the next summer as well as up till today, it was about 3.5 feet tall when a micro burst blew it over right at ground level. I was so mad I chopped up it's remains with a shovel and the ran them over with the lawn mower. I had hoped it would flower in the next year or two. In 2015 I bought a Potomac and it has been in a steady decline ever since, it is almost dead now. It had lots of flowers on it in 2016, 1 flower this year and now no flower buds on it for next year. I do have 2 other seedlings from Peterson fruit that are doing good but they are only in their second season and years away from making flowers. I just don't know if I can dedicate the space and time anymore to fruit trees that are so unproductive. As a comparison my Elberta peach is a good 12ft tall and wide and it is the same age as my oldest pawpaw. I am really considering just going out and chopping them all down. On a side note I have started watering them a more than I did in the past and their growth rate has increased substantially especially on the old seedling. Sorry I just had to vent and I will probably will keep them but this has definitely been an exercise in patience....See More2015 Midatlantic/SE/New England winter damage thread
Comments (41)Yes even here it's still an evolving situation. For example, I would now rank the damage on Ilex 'Scepter' as being more severe than that on 'Sand Pond'. Once again proving how a 100% American X American hybrid is more resistant to our capricious weather than an Asian X European one...as you'd expect. Because the leaves of 'Sand Pond' are obviously reviving themselves, but those of 'Scepter' continue to dessicate and turn papery brown. I wish I had a male I. integra, it would be cool to make a 'Sand Pond' X integra cross. (I should clarify versus what I said on Feb 23rd: some 'Scepter' leaves were still undamaged at that point. All 'Sand Pond' leaves had minor damage. Now, ALL 'Scepter' leaves are basically dead and some are already falling off. Most 'Sand Pond' leaves still have damage but the green bits are getting greener, it seems. The March 5 freeze was by far the most damaging of the winter) There's some rather odd damage now becoming apparent even on Abies ernestii...sometimes rated as hardy as 5b and I've seen a huge, beautiful one near Rochester, NY. (part of the reason I bought one) The leaves have little yellowish spots...I might post to the conifer forum to see if someone has seen anything like it. They are so subtle they might be impossible to photograph. It's like a very subtle variegation. Certainly not serious, but fascinating. All in all as they say, it still could have been worse. It also makes me feel good about my choice years ago not to invest in trying a big, expensive Trachycarpus palm. Because I thought north of about St. Michael's, MD or maybe Cape May, NJ - and even those locations are really really pushing it- they have no chance of being truly long term plants w/o protection. I knew another winter like 1994 would happen, and it did. What I did not know is we would have 2 in a row! I reiterate that 'Soquel' is my best looking Sequoia...granted it is my oldest but the bigger 'Swarthmore Hardy'/'Chapel Hill' has been in the ground a while, too, and arguably in a better spot. (better soil) Not that it is an appropriate rating, but I'm reminded of Dr. Dirr's former SEO website that rated 'Soquel' as zn 6 hardy. Not true but he apparently had some information about it surviving cold temperatures well, which it does. If you need to try one in the DC area, I'd now recommend that over any of the others. I want to try to see the huge tree in Silver Spring MD this spring, to see how it weathered things, and the 2 that are almost as big in NoVA. BTW - given that exposed Leylands were damaged even last winter in the outer suburbs of Baltimore, I definitely think most of New England would be stretching it for them....See MoreFreeze Warning!
Comments (24)Just as a final update to this thread, now that some time has passed I will note that the most worrisome damage is on a Clerodendrum trichotomum. The leaves were just barely starting to emerge so I didn't think the freeze would bother them that much. But since then they are totally brown, and there's no sign of more green emerging. The stems still pass the scratch test though; is it possible the buds were killed and now, new dormant buds will have to be "activated" thus delaying leaf out another week or so? In any case the top growth had survived the past 3 winters, which I actually considered very promising. Other "tender zone 7 deciduous" plants did not fare so well; a small 14" Pinckneya was completely killed by the first cold winter. I guess it's really a zone 8 tender deciduous plant LOL....See MoreHas your weather been nice for Citrus growing?
Comments (42)Cooler weather is indeed best for transplanting . I need to move and transplant some raspberries that spread by runners and are getting in the pathway. I have a few blackberry bushes that die back every winter but sprout back through the roots and they never produce. I either need to move them to a more protected area or dig them up and give them away. I was expecting a shipment of a few currant bushes this week that I ordered a week and a half ago, but I received a call from the nursery and sadly they will not be shipped out until next week. The weather should still be cool enough for planting.. Wild native blueberries are the best. So full of flavor and nutrients. . We have them growing in our forest and along the river banks. It is hard to get to them before the bears and other wildlife find them.. We bought 20 Bluecrop blueberry bushes from a gentleman that works with my husband. Someone gave him 400 bushes that were dug up from his property that used to be a blueberry farm. I transplanted them in containers Wednesday morning while it was sprinkling outside. He offered to give us more if they do poorly. Most of them had some pretty good roots still attached. They are in the shade for now. Most of the rhubarb is ready to pick now. The strawberries are blooming pretty heavy.. I have one Red Lake currant that is loaded with fruit along with blueberries and sour cherries. How do you like the chokeberries taste? We have native plants all around us but I have never tried them....See MoreCharlie
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