I’m currently hunting down pawpaw trees, Blueberry bushes, black raspberry, and other native fruits for my garden.
Looking for suggestions.
I looked into black cherries, but they get too large and too easily wind damaged for the proximity I’d have to plant them to my house.
I have decided to attempt to convince them of 12 trees. I am planning to omit that they bear fruit unless asked. There are some oaks I can plant the pawpaws north of and can likely avoid needing to artificially shade them. And some sunny spots more that 100ft from any damagable property for the Black Cherries.
I found a local native plant nursery, so I have emailed seeking prices and availibility of these plants.
I am most unsure of the staghorn sumac due to their structural fragility, and thicket forming habits. But I may guerilla plant it in a recently cleared homeless encampment near my house to give them more cover next time they move in.
Morus Rubra (Red Mulberry) 2 female (known males in the neighborhood)
Asmina Triloba (PawPaw) 2 trees
Rhus typhina (Staghorn Sumac) 2 trees
Prunus Serotina (Black Cherry) 2 trees
Diospyros virginiana (American Persimmon) 1 female 1 male
Prunus Americana (American Plum) 2 trees
That’s awesome. Please post back with an update on how it goes! Would you ever get fruit from the mulberries, or do the birds eat them all where you are?
I regularly liberate my neighbors tree of their mulberries. They’re not eating them, they think I’m crazy.
It’s a white mulberry though. It is unknown if the birds will deny me a red mulberry. I’m not too worried about it.