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• What is a Chocolate Persimmon?

  The Chocolate Persimmon was named 'Chocolate' because of its chocolaty-brown flesh that is a sweet and tasty. This persimmon is also spicy, firm, juicy, dark flecked, and late maturing. The Chocolate Persimmon is a small to medium, oblong cylindrical... Posted Nov 02 2009, 05:41 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: chocolate, fall colors, fruit, landscape plant, ornamental, persimmon, small tree, sweet, tasty

• Calamondin, the Miniature Orange

  Known as the "miniature orange" Calamondin has an orange flesh, a zesty acid juice with a fine lime-orange flavor. Because of this, it is often grouped with the limes. It is grown mainly as an outstanding ornamental , which is often trained... Posted Oct 20 2009, 06:30 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: blossoms, calamondin, China, citrus tree, fruit, lime, miniature, orange, self fertile, thorns

• The Heavy Producing Chinese Apricot

  The Chinese Apricot is an early bearing, heavy producing variety of apricot tree that is recommended for difficult climates prone to late spring frosts. This apricot is cold hardy, frost hardy, and sets heavy crops of small to medium size sweet fruit... Posted Oct 12 2009, 03:15 PM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: antioxidants, apricot, blossoms, freestone, fruit, ornamental, semi-dwarf, yellow-orange

• The Ever-Popular Bartlett Pear Tree

  The Bartlett Pear tree produces a pear that is bright yellow and is the nation's leading pear variety. This pear tree tends to bear fruit for up to 50 to 75 years on a good site. It displays white flowers in April and May and is ready for harvest... Posted Oct 11 2009, 09:59 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: bartlett pear, flowering, fruit, full sun, harvest, pears, pears trees, popular, self fertile

• Cot-N-Candy Aprium - it is like eating candy!

  Aprium trees produce fruit that is extremely sweet. The fruit has a strong apricot overtone with a hint of plum. The Cot-N-Candy Aprium is an apricot-plum hybrid that resembles an apricot. It looks like an apricot, but has a distinctive flavor and texture... Posted Oct 08 2009, 03:29 PM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: apricot, aprium, early harvest, firm flesh, fruit, fruit trees, full sun, juicy, plum, semi-dwarf tree

• The Hardy Dolgo Crabapple

  The beautiful hardy Dolgo Crabapple Tree creates a visual impact during all four seasons. This tree grows upright with an open habit around 20 feet in height. It is very ornamental fruit tree and makes an excellent choice for use around homes, schools... Posted Oct 05 2009, 04:59 PM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: acidic soil, apples, crabapples, dwarf, fall foilage, flower blossoms, flowering, flowering tree, fruit, full sun, pruning, seasons, white flowers, wildlife

• The Old-Fashioned Braeburn Apple

  Originating in New Zealand in the 1950s, the Braeburn Apple Tree is one of the most important commercial apple varieties. The reasons for this are: this apple tree is fairly easy to grow, produces heavily and early in the life of the tree, it stores well... Posted Sep 29 2009, 08:01 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: apple tree, braebrun, crisp, dwarf, dwarf tree, flavor, fruit, Fuji, self fertile, stores well

• Polly White Peach Tree is Self-Fruitful

  If you want to produce a delicious peach, but live in a colder region, Polly White Peach is one of the most winter hardy peach varieties. The tree was developed in Iowa and is hardy to 20º F. It likes full sun and will produce its first crop in 3 to 5... Posted Sep 22 2009, 02:30 PM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: delicious, fruit, full sun, hardy, peach tree, peaches, pruning, reliable, white-fleshed

• The Lovely Goldbar Apricot Tree

  Apricot trees can be lovely centerpieces in a yard when they display blossoms of white or pink; their foliage is bronze in the spring, deep green in the summer, and yellow in the fall. These small to medium-sized, trees have lovely spreading canopies... Posted Sep 18 2009, 09:46 AM by barb-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: apricot, blossoms, dwarf, fruit, pollinator, spring blooming, summer fruit, vigorous

• Beach Plum Shrubs, You don't have to go to the beach to enjoy them!

  Beach Plum shrubs are often found on the East Coast, along the shoreline. If you live in a colder area, not on the beach, here is your best option. They can be grown from zones 3 to 6, the colder regions of the country. Full sun is required for proper... Posted Sep 09 2009, 07:24 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: bushes and shrubs, cold hardy, flowering trees, fruit, full sun, large shrubs, plum, small trees, white flowering

• Bunchberry Is Great Groundcover

  If you want something beyond the normal groundcovers , the Bunchberry Cornus canadensis would be a great one to plant. Bunchberry leaves sprout at the top of the stem in fours and its petals will also sprout in fours. Its fruits are orange and grow in... Posted Mar 18 2009, 06:10 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: fall color, flowers, fruit, ground cover

• Edelweiss Grapes, Like The Song, "You'll Be Happy To See Them".

  It's corny I know, but, I had to compare these grapes to the song "Edelweiss" from the old movie "The Sound of Music". The Edelweiss Grapes Vitis 'Edelweiss' are known for their sweet flavor and are often used in dessert... Posted Feb 20 2009, 07:16 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: cold hardy, fruit, grapes, green, sweet flavor, vines

• Arbequina Olive Is A Semi-Dwarf Variety

  If you like the idea of planting an Olive tree but want something smaller, the Arbequina Olive Olea Europaea would be a great choice for you. This tree is from Spain originally. The Arbequina Olive Tree will begin to produce fruit in the second year.... Posted Jan 30 2009, 10:45 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: decorative, fruit, olive, quality, small tree, warm climate

• The Honeoye Strawberry Has A Shiny Fruit & Firm Flesh

  The Honeoye Strawberry Fragaria x ananassa 'Honeoye' produces a large shiny fruit with a firm flesh. It is great for eating fresh, in desserts, smoothies, salads, pies, jam, etc. The Honeoye is highly productive and vigorous. It is resistant to... Posted Jan 29 2009, 03:15 PM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: container, firm flesh, fruit, small fruit, strawberry

• Red Lake Currants Are Large And Tasty

  If you are looking for a red currant, the Currant Red Lake Ribes 'Red Lake' is the one for you. Not only is it a vigorous grower but it is adaptable from zone 3 to zone 7. It has early season flowering and the fruits will ripen in mid-July. This... Posted Jan 28 2009, 11:59 AM by patti-nhn with | with no comments Filed under: birds, butterflies, currants, fruit, hedge, red fruit, small fruit