Saskatoons Juneberries ???
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Comments (9)Have grown a number of the alnifolia/stolonifera types - including Smokey, Pembina, Theissen, Forestburg, Honeywood, Martin, Regent, Success. None performed well here, but cheap, row-run seedlings of Timm & Success have done well. Be aware that most of the named selections are of 'northern'(Canadian, Dakotas, etc.) origin, so YMMV. Regent, I think, has performed well for the folks at Hidden Springs Nursery in TN. St. Lawrence Nurseries in Potsdam, NY offers a larger selection of named variety juneberries/saskatoons than anyone I'm aware of - and selection can vary from year to year. Those I've purchased from them in the past were tissue-cultured clones. OIKOS Tree Crops also offers a decent selection of seedlings of several different Amelanchier species and selections....See MoreWANTED: Wanted - Serviceberry/Juneberry/Saskatoon Seed or Plant
Comments (3)St. Lawrence nurseries, in Postdam, NY, has an excellent selection of Juneberry plants, in addition to a lot of other cold-hardy fruit. They are old-school, though, you have to print out an order form and mail it with a check. http://www.sln.potsdam.ny.us/ I have a few from them (Martin, Honeywood, Smokey). My advice: Fence them in immediately, the deer will eat the young plants. Also, so far they are slow growing, so be prepared to wait a few years....See MoreWhat containers should I use?
Comments (18)The highbush got to be about 2.5 feet tall, and I buried the pot in the ground and mulched for the winter so it was on its normal climate cycle. This past season it appeared to be languishing because it was recieving so much water just to stay alive, that I thought I'd better get it in the ground before it dies. The strawberries were in the same pot and filled in the understory of the blueberry but still recieved full sun. On their own I've seen them do well in 4 or 6" pots. When I took the blueberry out there were only about 5 or 6 inches of root depth and the soil below that was heavy and saturated, meaning that the blueberry was getting "Wet Feet", which they hate, so my mixture perhaps should not have included any real mineral soil. I think that the years of irrigation had separated the lighter materials from the heavier materials. I'm doing my houseplantings now with a mix of spahgnum, perlite, compost and charcoal. It will be interesting to see how your plants do in the various containers. What sort of potting mixes have you used for long term container plants?...See MoreIn search of the perfect patio tree
Comments (17)Thanks all for your very thoughtful input. I'm saddened to see that gypsy moths find amelanchier tasty. I have a couple that I planted this past Spring - hopefully they won't be devoured in my life time! It was very sad for my young daughter when "her" tree - an apple tree that I had planted for her - was totally devoured in a week's time while we were on vacation by those tent catapillers (I am assuming that's another name for gypsy moths?) and since the tree was so young it did not survive. I have been thinking of acer, parrotia or cercis canadensis myself and while none of those have fragrant flowers they fit the bill in other ways although I don't know about planting them close to perennials. I should mention that relatively deer proof - inasmuch as there is such a thing - would be a big advantage as well. This tree will be in the middle of a court yard and will provide shade for a seating area which you get to by walking past/around the tree. This is why fragrance would be nice but it is not a must. However, foul-smelling flowers would be a negative. I am leaning towards cercis - especially since I have a rhododendron with that same magenta coloured flowers in close proximity. Yellowwood sounds nice but I think it would be too large for the spot. But something to consider elsewhere on my property. I had never heard of it before - thanks for bringing it to my attention! Marianne...See MoreBradybb WA-Zone8
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