Ficus carica
Planted Summer of 2012
Full sun
drip irrigation
Mulched with pine needles
Ordered from One Green World
15 Gallon nursery pot
When planted it was a 20 inch stick. After 1 year´s growth:
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May 1, 2013
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Black Spanish Fig
Ficus carica
Planted Summer of 2012
Full sun
drip irrigation
Mulched with pine needles
Ordered from One Green World
15 Gallon nursery pot
When planted it was a 20 inch stick. After 1 year´s growth:
Monday, April 29, 2013
Hinnomaki Yellow Gooseberry
Ribes uva-crispa 'Hinnomaki Yellow'
Planted Spring of 2013
Morning sun
drip irrigation
Mulched with sequoia needles
Ordered from One Green World
New for 2013.
May 1, 2013
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Currants & Gooseberries Generally
I like these plants because they give me something that does really well in part sun. Blueberries can get by in part sun, but currants and gooseberries really thrive and produce heavily.
My gooseberries are fine for fresh eating, but better dried. My Crandall black currants are really tasty fresh; none have made it into the house yet, let alone the dehydrator.
Bountiful Blue Blueberry
Vaccinium 'Bountiful Blue'
Planted summer of 2012
Standard blueberry planting procedure
Daily drip irrigation
Afternoon sun
Mulched with sequoia needles and pine needles
Purchased From Dennis' 7 Dees
This plant looked three or four years old when I bought it. Semi-evergreen, leaning more to the evergreen than to the semi. Foliage is blue green, seems to match 'Misty' well. Smaller, rounded habit. It's advertised as an ideal landscape blueberry. I'd say it's pretty good so far.
Jan. 1 2013
May 1, 2013
Himalayan Huckleberry
Vaccinium Glauco-album
Planted spring of 2012
Daily drip irrigation
Afternoon sun
Purchased from Portland Nursery
This was the first plant to visibly suffer from a lack of water in the summer. I noticed and turned on my drip irrigation timer, which I had left off in the spring. Flowers turned to small berries which promptly dried up and fell off. Leaves crisped and turned half black in the summer heat. The plant had been in a shade house at Portland Nursery. This plant is an AGM winner, and listed as a full sun plant by the RHS.
I'll leave it in afternoon sun this year. The new leaves are smaller, perhaps an adaptation to the higher light level. I'll make sure it has plenty of mulch to keep the roots cool, and if it doesn't do well this year, it goes to the east side of the house where it will have some protection from afternoon sun.
A very pretty small evergreen plant.
Jan. 1, 2013 On the right, the semi-evergreen Sunshine Blue blueberry on the left.
May 1, 2013
Planted spring of 2012
Daily drip irrigation
Afternoon sun
Purchased from Portland Nursery
This was the first plant to visibly suffer from a lack of water in the summer. I noticed and turned on my drip irrigation timer, which I had left off in the spring. Flowers turned to small berries which promptly dried up and fell off. Leaves crisped and turned half black in the summer heat. The plant had been in a shade house at Portland Nursery. This plant is an AGM winner, and listed as a full sun plant by the RHS.
I'll leave it in afternoon sun this year. The new leaves are smaller, perhaps an adaptation to the higher light level. I'll make sure it has plenty of mulch to keep the roots cool, and if it doesn't do well this year, it goes to the east side of the house where it will have some protection from afternoon sun.
A very pretty small evergreen plant.
Jan. 1, 2013 On the right, the semi-evergreen Sunshine Blue blueberry on the left.
May 1, 2013
Sweet Scarlet Goumi Berry
Eleagnus Multiflora 'Sweet Scarlet'
Planted spring 2011
Afternoon sun
Daily drip irrigation.
This shrub is extremely vigorous. When planted it was a two foot tall twig. The berries are tasty when fully ripe, a bit on the small side with a large seed. It would be much larger without the several summer prunings it got. If you want an edible deciduous shrub that grows much quicker and larger than a blueberry, it's a good choice.
Jan. 1 2013
Planted spring 2011
Afternoon sun
Daily drip irrigation.
This shrub is extremely vigorous. When planted it was a two foot tall twig. The berries are tasty when fully ripe, a bit on the small side with a large seed. It would be much larger without the several summer prunings it got. If you want an edible deciduous shrub that grows much quicker and larger than a blueberry, it's a good choice.
Jan. 1 2013
May 1, 2013
Legacy Blueberry
Vaccinium 'Legacy'
Planted spring of 2011
Standard blueberry planting procedure
Daily drip irrigation
Afternoon sun
Mulched with sequoia needles and pine needles
Ordered from One Green World
A nice semi-evergreen blueberry, more upright than Emerald.
Jan. 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
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