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Osage Orange
Osage Orange Strong and Hardy Ornamental The Osage Orange is a small to medium sized tree that can grow almost anywhere. People often choose it as an ornamental, and it would look lovely as a side planting in your yard, or even as a hedge along a boarder. The Osage generally stays under 30 feet in height, and can make an excellent shade tree. You’ll love its rounded, irregular crown that will add some unique distinction to your landscape. The 6 inch lance-shaped leaves are a dark robust green, a perfect shade to contrast the many lighter green shades of summer. You’ll notice small green flowers as they begin to grace the Osage’s branches in the spring, and love the citrus scent of its fruit in the fall. The Osage has a rich history. It was often used by ranchers as a natural property fence. The Osage’s strong wood, hardy nature and thorny branches all combined to make hedges that were effective in holding in livestock. Think of the fun you’ll have telling friends and neighbors about the “living barbed wire” from the old west that you have growing in your yard! The Osage is still valued its incredibly strong wood. In fact, archers still prize the wood for making bows just as American Indians did in the past. The Osage fruit consists of a 6 inch wrinkly ball that changes from green to yellowish when ripe. It’s not used as food by humans, but squirrels and other wildlife love it. For a unique ornamental tree with a lot of year round appeal, the Osage is a great choice. * Ornamental tree* Fall fruit* Hardy
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| Blueberry - Patriot - Sale Price: $42.75 Good cold hardiness and consistent crops of Patriot’s gigantic fruit make this tops on the blueberry plant list. Expect 10-20 pounds of luscious berries from just one bush! ‘Patriot’ has huge (quarter-size), tart, dusky fruit bursting with true blueberry flavor, coming earlier than some other varieties, in late July. It is a highbush blueberry cultivar which typically grows at least 4’ tall or more, a perfect choice for a living fence. ‘Patriot’ will give you lovely, bell-shaped, white flowers in May; delicious, exceptionally nutritious fruit in July and a show of bright orange color in fall. If you have a low, wet (but well-drained) area in sun to part shade, just acidify the soil, plant it, mulch it, and it will thrive. Blueberries cost a small fortune anymore; grow your own and eat them right off the bush, or use them in cobbler, muffins, jam, jelly or syrup. Be sure to get several so you can share some with your feathered friends. Self-pollinating. Zones 4-8. |
| Orange - Trovita - Sale Price: $126.95 The Trovita Orange is a widely adaptable thin skinned orange, which develops excellent flavor without the heat required by other varieties. It also is able to produce heavy crops of fruit in desert heat. Trovita is ideal for fresh-squeezed orange juice, and it is very sweet with few seeds. It ripens in spring, and also blooms in spring, so you may have blooms and fruit at the same time! This is the only orange that is suitable for indoor culture. It will develop a sweet flavor without a lot of heat. The tree is vigorous and upright in growth. It prefers full sun, fertile, but well drained soil, and moderate water. Don't go through another growing season without one of your own! You can grow citrus trees in almost any type of pot, but ceramic or clay is usually recommended; good drainage is essential. |
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| Blackberry - Black Satin - Sale Price: $42.75 Blackberry - Black Satin, Rubus fruticosus 'Black Satin', is a superior blackberry that is hardy in the Midwest and South regions; even recommended for northern climate if covered with a mulch to protect it during the winter. This thornless Black Satin Blackberry is extremely vigorous and disease free; plants will not sucker and consistently produce a heavy crop. Each thornless stem produces 35-40 berries! Black Satin berries are large, attractive, ripen in August, and have a luscious flavor. This Black Satin blackberry is an excellent choice for the fruit garden that is in full sun; provide support for the canes against a wall or trellis. The delicious fruits are perfect for pies and jams, and packed full of vitamins. |
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