Pacific Northwest Fruit & Nut Growers

Challenge accepted! :smirk:

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Nobody wants to be more wrong than I do!

All great innovations start with a dream and a certain measure of intransigence.

Before I learned how not to kill the things I plant, I massacred several avocado trees in Santa Rosa, California. Imagine what the carnage would have been like up here? I even killed a meyer lemon down there. At the time I lived in a valley that got very cold on winter mornings. At the time I knew nothing about protecting young plants. I thought that if a plant label said hardy to 26 F I could put it in the ground and ignore it. Ha! No such luck.

you will need fuzzy male they cant cross pollinate with hardy kiwi

@markshancock

Great idea to have a thread for local growers.

Here is what I am growing on 5 acres in Arlington, Wa

Genus Common Name Cultiver
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Anatoki
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Apollo
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Coolidge
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Kaiteri
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Kakariki
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Mammoth
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Nikita
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Ramsey
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa seedlings?
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Takaka
Acca Sellowiana Pineapple Guava, Feijoa Unique
acer palmatum Japanese Maple Eduardo
acer palmatum Japanese Maple jeddeloh orange
Acer Rubrum Red Maple October Glory
Actinidia Arguta Kiwi Anna
Actinidia Arguta Kiwi Issai Hardy
Actinidia Arguta Kiwi Kenā€™s Red
Actinidia Arguta Kiwi Male
Actinidia Arguta Kiwi Seedling
Actinidia deliciosa Kiwi Male
Actinidia kolomikta Kiwi Arctic Beauty Pasha Male
Actinidia kolomikta Kiwi Arctic Beauty September Sun
Ajuga reptans Ajuga Unknown
Akebia quinata Akebia Purple
Alcea rosea Mix Mix
Alocasia Odora Elephant Ear Upright
Amelanchier Serviceberry lamarckii
Amelanchier Anifolia Serviceberry Northline
Amelanchier Anifolia Serviceberry Smokey
Amelanchier Laevis Serviceberry Allegheny
Amomyrtus Luma Amomyrtus Luma
Amorphophallus konjac Voodoo Lily
Arbutus Unedo Compacta Strawberry Tree Unknown
ARGYRANTHEMUM (ANGELICā„¢ PINK) Marguerite Daisy Angelic Pink
Aristotelia Chilensis Maqui Self Fertile Unknown
Aronia Melanocarpa Aronia Dwarf
Aronia Melanocarpa Aronia McKenzie
Asimina triloba PawPaw Allegheny
Asimina triloba PawPaw Ford Amend
Asimina triloba PawPaw NC-1
Asimina triloba PawPaw Overlees
Asimina triloba PawPaw Pennsylvania Golden
Asimina triloba PawPaw Potomac
Asimina triloba PawPaw Rappahannock
Asimina triloba PawPaw Seedling
Asimina triloba PawPaw Seedling
Asimina triloba PawPaw Shenandoah
Asimina triloba PawPaw Summer Delight
Asimina triloba PawPaw Sunflower
Asimina triloba PawPaw Susquehanna
Asimina triloba PawPaw Wabash
Astilboides tabularis Shieldleaf Rodgersia
Austromyrtus Dulcis Midgen Berry Winston
Borinda Macclureana Clumping Bamboo
Broussonetia Kakinoki Dwarf Paper Mulberry Dwarf
brunnera macrophylla ā€ŽSiberian bugloss Alexanderā€™s Great
brunnera macrophylla ā€ŽSiberian bugloss Alexandria
brunnera macrophylla ā€ŽSiberian bugloss Jack Frost?
Butia Odorata Jelly Palm
Camellia Sinensis Camellia Tea Sochi
Canna x generalis Canna Bengal Tiger
Caragana arborescens Siberian Peashrub Seedling
Cardiocrinum giganteum var. yunnanense ex ā€˜Big & Pinkā€™ Cardiocrinum yunnanense ex ā€˜Big & Pinkā€™
Chaenomeles japonica Flowering Quince Toyo-Nishiki
Chaenomeles japonica Flowering Quince Victory
Citrus Junos Yuzu Ichandrin
Citrus Sudachi Sudachi Hybrid Yuzu
Colocasia esculenta Elephant Ear Tropical
Colocasia esculenta Elephant Ear
Colocasia esculenta Elephant Ear
Coreopsis verticillata Threadleaf Tickseed Moonbeam
Cornus Canadensis Creeping Dogwood
Cornus Kousa Edible Dogwood Big Apple
Cornus Mas Cornealian Cherry Elegant
Cornus Mas Cornealian Cherry Red Stone
Cornus Mas Cornealian Cherry Red Stone
Cornus Mas Cornealian Cherry Seedling
Corylus Avellana Filbert Epsilion
Corylus Avellana Filbert Jefferson
Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocolate Cosmos Chocolate
Cotinus coggygria Smoke Tree Royal Purple
Crataegus douglasii Hawthorne Black Hawthorne
Crocosmia x crocosmilflora Crocosmia Twilight Fairy
Cudrania tricuspidata Che Norris
Cupressus x leylandii Cypress Leyland
Cydonia oblonga Quince Aromatnaya on OxHF87
Dahlia imperialis Tree Dahlia
Darmera Peltata Indian Rhubarb ?
Darmera Peltata Indian Rhubarb Seedling
Debregeasia edulis Suhosine Mulberry Elite?
Decaisnea fargesii Dead Manā€™s Fingers / Blue Sausage Fruit Seedling?
Dianthus x hybrida Dianthus Passion Scent First Series
Diospyros Kaki Persimmon Saijo
Diospyros Virginiana Persimmon Garretson
Diospyros Virginiana Persimmon Meader
Diospyros Virginiana x Kaki Persimmon Nikitaā€™s Gift
Disporopsis Pernyi Evergreen Solomonā€™s Seal
Elaegnus Multiflora Goumi Red Gem
Elaegnus Multiflora Goumi Unknown
Elaegnus Umbellata Autumn Olive Amber
Elaegnus Umbellata Autumn Olive Ruby Red
Elaegnus Umbellata Autumn Olive Ruby Red
Elaegnus x Ebbingei Silverberry Gilt Edge
Elaegnus x Ebbingei Silverberry Ebbingei Evergreen Ebbingei Evergreen
Elaegnus x Ebbingei Silverberry Ebbingei Evergreen Ebbingei Evergreen
Eleagnus Silverberry Seedlings
Eleagnus Pungens Silverberry Common
Eriobotrya japonica Loquat Seedling
Eucomis Pineapple Lily Aloha Lily Tiki
Euphorbia Euphorbia ?
Farfugium Japonicum Leopard Plant Wavy Gravy
Fargesia Dracocephala Clumping Bamboo Rufa
Fatsia japonica Japanese Aralia
Ficus carica Fig 23rd Street (Brown Turkey)
Ficus carica Fig Black Madeira KK
Ficus carica Fig Chicago Hardy
Ficus carica Fig Eduardo
Ficus carica Fig Italian Honey AKA Lattarula
Ficus carica Fig Joe Long Desert King?
Ficus carica Fig Longue Dā€™Aout
Ficus carica Fig Negronne
Ficus carica Fig Olympian
Ficus carica Fig Olympian
Ficus carica Fig Olympian
Ficus carica Fig Peterā€™s Honey
Ficus carica Fig Petite Negra
Fragaria Strawberry Hawaiian
Fragaria Strawberry Ozark Beauty
Fragaria Strawberry Sequoia
Fragaria chiloensis Strawberry Pineberry
Fragaria Vesca Alpine Strawberry Mignonette
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Albion
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Allstar
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Little Diamond
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Rainier
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Totem
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Tristar
Fragaria x ananassa Strawberry Whopper
Fuchsia Fuschsia Aurea Fuchsia
Fuchsia Fuschsia Genii
Fuchsia Fuschsia Mrs. Popple
Fuchsia glazioviana Fuchsia
Gaulnettya Wisleyensis Gaulnettya Wisley Pearl
Gaultheria Mucronata Prickly Holly / Chilean Wintergreen Indian Lake
Gaultheria Mucronata Prickly Holly / Chilean Wintergreen Pink Snowdrop
Gaultheria Mucronata Prickly Holly / Chilean Wintergreen Snowdrop
Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Creeping Cherry Berries Gaulsidh5
Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Creeping None
Gaultheria procumbens Wintergreen Creeping Winter Splash
Gaultheria Shallon Salal seedlings
Gaultheria Shallon Salal Unknown
Gaultheria Shallon Salal Unknown
Gaultheria Shallon Salal Unknown
Gaultheria Shallon Salal Unknown
Gaylussacia Brachycera Huckleberry Berried Treasure
Genvuina Avellana Chilean Hazelnut Seedling
Gladiolus Gladiolus Arabian Night
Gladiolus Gladiolus Firecracker
Gladiolus Gladiolus Flevo Eyes
Gladiolus Gladiolus Fun Time
Gladiolus Gladiolus Mix
Gladiolus Gladiolus Passos
Gladiolus Gladiolus Purple Mate
Gladiolus Gladiolus Tampico
Gladiolus callianthus Gladiolus Star Gladiolus
Gunnera Manicata Giant Rhubarb Seedling
Helleborus Argutifolius Corsican Hellebore
Helleborus x hybridus Hellebore Pink Lady
Helleborus x hybridus Hellebore Winter Jewels Black Diamond Lenten Rose
Hemerocallis Daylilly Autumn Minaret
Hemerocallis Daylilly Focus
Heuchera americana ā€˜Green Spiceā€™ Heuchera Green Spice
Heuchera x ā€˜Midnight Roseā€™ Heuchera Midnight Rose
Heuchera x ā€˜Peach Flambeā€™ Heuchera Peach Flambe
Heucherella x ā€˜Gold Zebraā€™ Heucherella Gold Zebra
Hexachlamys edulis Ubajay
Hibiscus Hibiscus Berry Awesome
Hippophae Rhamnoides Sea Berry Golden Sweet
Hippophae Rhamnoides Sea Berry Male
Hippophae Rhamnoides Sea Berry Orange Energy
Hippophae Rhamnoides Sea Berry Sirola
Hippophae Rhamnoides Sea Berry Star of Altai
Hosta Hosta Blue Angel
Hosta Hosta Empress Wu Wu La La
Hosta Hosta Sum and Substance
Hosta Hosta Sum and Substance
Hosta Albo-Marginata Hosta Albo Marginata
Hosta x Empress Wu Hosta Empress Wu
Hosta x Guacamole Hosta Guacamole
Hovenia dulcis Japanese Raisin Tree
Hovenia dulcis Japanese Raisin Tree
Humulus lupulus Hops Golden Aureus
Hydrangea Arborescens Hydrangea Smooth Incrediball
Hydrangea macrophylla Hydrangea Bloomstruck
Hydrangea macrophylla ā€˜Horwackā€™ PPAF Hydrangea Pistachio
Hydrangea Paniculata Hydrangea Pinky Winky
Hydrangea quercifolia Hydrangea Oakleaf Ruby Slippers
Hymenocallis festalis Peruvian Daffodil
Jubaea Chilensis Chilean Wine Palm
Juglans regia Walnut Ambassador
Juglans regia Walnut Franquette
Kunzea Pomifera Muntries
Lavandula angustifolia Lavender Munstead
Leucothoe fontanesiana Drooping Laurel Zeblid Scarletta
Leycesteria formosa Himalayan Honeysuckle seedling
Libertia Ixioides Chilean Iris Goldenfinger
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Blue Forest dar leaves
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Blue Forest dar leaves
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Blue Hokkaido
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Blue Moon
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Blue Velvet gray leaves
Lonicera caerulea var. edulis Honeyberry Misc
Lophomyrtus x ralphii New Zealand Myrtle
Luma Apiculata Luma Glenleam Gold
Luma Apiculata Luma seedlings?
Luma Apiculata Luma Apiculata Nahuel Haupe Hardy Form
Luma Apiculata Luma Apiculata Selected fruiting
Luma Chequen Luma Chequen None
Lycium barbarum Gojiberry Golden
Lycium barbarum Gojiberry Phoenix Tears
Lycium ruthenicum Gojiberry Black
Magnolia macrophylla var ashei Magnolia Banana Leaf Large Leaf
Mahonia x Media Oregan Grape Cross Charity
Maianthemum racemosum False Solomanā€™s Seal None
Malus Apple Tree Honeycrisp? Existing
Malus Columnar Apple Tree Golden Sentinal
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Ananas Reinette on M111
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Begins with an A
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Beni Shogun
Malus Domestica Apple Tree John Jr
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Karmijn de Sonnaville on Geneva 30
Malus Domestica Apple Tree King / Gravenstein
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Northern Spy
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Strawberry Unknown on M111
Malus Domestica Apple Tree White Winter Pearmain
Malus Domestica Apple Tree Wolf River on M111
Malus Domestica Columnar Apple Tree North Pole
Mertensia Maritima Oyster Leaf
Mespilus Germanica Medlar Breda Giant
Morus Alba Mulberry Oscars
Morus alba x rubra Mulberry ILLINOIS EVERBEARING
Morus macroura Mulberry Gerardi Dwarf
Morus macroura Mulberry Pakistan
Morus macroura Mulberry Pakistan
Morus macroura Mulberry White Pakistan
Morus macroura Mulberry White Pakistan
Morus Nigra Mulberry Persian
Morus Nigra Mulberry Persian White Mashad
Morus Rubra Mulberry Early Bird
Musa Basjoo Banana Japanese
Myrceugenia Ovata Myrceugenia Ovata Nanophylla
Myrcianthes pungens Guabiyu
Myrteola nummularia Myrteola Unknown
Myrteola nummularia Myrteola Unknown
Myrteola nummularia Myrteola Unknown
Myrtus Communis Myrtle Dwarf Compacta
Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens
Paeonia Peony Itoh Bartzella
Paeonia Peony Itoh Cora Louise
Paeonia Peony Itoh Scarlet Heaven
Paeonia lactiflora Peony Bowl of Beauty
Paeonia lactiflora Peony Karl Rosenfield
Paulowania Tomentosa Royal Empress Tree Seedling
Phlox paniculata Phlox Volcano?
Podophyllum pleianthum Chinese May Apple Seedling
Polystichum x dycei Fern
Poncirus Trifoliata Monstrosa Flying Dragon Citrus
Prostanthera Ovalifolia Australian Mint Bush
Prunus Armeniaca x domestica Pluot Dapple Dandy
Prunus Armeniaca x domestica Pluot Dapple Dandy
Prunus Armeniaca x domestica Pluot Flavor King
Prunus Avium Cherry Tree Bing
Prunus Avium Cherry Tree Black Tartarian
Prunus Avium Cherry Tree Rainier
Prunus cerasus Plum Tree Thundercloud
Prunus cerasus x P. fruiticosa Cherry Tree Carmine Jewel
Prunus domestica Plum English Yellow Egg
Prunus domestica Plum European Cambridge Gage
Prunus domestica Plum European Italian Prune
Prunus domestica Plum European Schoolhouse
Prunus Dulcis Almonds Hallā€™s Hardy
Prunus fruiticosa x Prunus cerasus Cherry Tree Juliet
Prunus fruiticosa x Prunus cerasus Cherry Tree Juliet
Prunus fruiticosa x Prunus cerasus Cherry Tree Romeo
Prunus Ilicifolia ssp. Lyonii Cherry Catalina
Prunus japonica x jacquemontii Cherry Bush Jan
Prunus japonica x jacquemontii Cherry Bush Joel
Prunus Persica Nectarine Kreibich
Prunus Persica Peach Frost
Prunus Persica Peach Nanaimo
Prunus Persica Peach Red Haven
Prunus Persica Peach Rootstock of Saturn
Prunus Persica var. nucipersica Nectarine Hardy Red
Prunus Salicina Plum Japanese Methley (St Juliana A rootstock)
Prunus Salicina Plum Japanese Santa Rosa
Prunus Salicina Plum Japanese Shiro
Prunus salicina X Prunus avium Pluerry Sugar Twist/Citation
Prunus salicina X Prunus avium Pluerry Sweet Treat/Myro
Prunus Tomentosa Nanking Cherry Seedling
Psidium Longipetiolatum Mountain Cherry Guava
Pulmonaria Lungwort High Contrast
Pulmonaria Lungwort Moonshine
Pulsatilla vulgaris Buttercup Species Hybrid
Punica granatum Pomegranate Granada
Punica granatum Pomegranate Haku-Botan
Punica granatum Pomegranate Hillsdale
Punica granatum Pomegranate Sumbar
Punica granatum Pomegranate Sverkhranniy
Punica granatum ā€œSmithā€ Pomegranate Angel Red
Pyrus communis Pear European Seckel
Pyrus communis Pear European Unknown Large
Pyrus communis Pear European Unknown Small
Pyrus communis x Sorbus Shipova Baby
Pyrus pyrifolia Pear Asian Chojuro
Pyrus pyrifolia Pear Asian Fragrant Korla
Pyrus pyrifolia Pear Asian Nijisseiki 20th Century
Pyrus serotina Pear Asian Mishirasu on OxHF87
Rheum rhabarbarum L. Rhubarb Amish Strawberry Jam
Rheum rhabarbarum L. Rhubarb Crimson Red
Rheum rhabarbarum L. Rhubarb
Rhododendron Rhododendron Honey Butter
Rhododendron Rhododendron Pink Pinwheels
Rhodohypoxis Rubella Rhodohypoxis Rubella
Ribes Nigrum Currant Black Consort
Ribes Nigrum Currant Black Jason Germick
Ribes Odoratum Currant Black Crandall
Ribes Odoratum Currant Black Missouri Giant
Ribes Rubrum Currant Red Jason Germick
Ribes Rubrum Red Currant Red Lake
Ribes Sativum Currant White Imperial White
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Black Velvet
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Captivator
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Hinnomaki Red
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Hinnomaki Yellow
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Invicta
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Jeanne
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Pixwell
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Poorman
Ribes uva-crispa Gooseberry Tixia
Ribes x Nidigrolaria Jostaberry Orus 8
Ribes x Nidigrolaria Jostaberry
Rodgersia Pinnata Rogersia Fireworks
Rosa Rose Lady of Shalott
Rosa Rugosa Rose Alba
Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Tuscan Blue
Rubus Blackberry Nanchez
Rubus allegheniensis Blackberry Tripple Crown
Rubus fruticosus Blackberry Loch Ness
Rubus fruticosus Blackberry Loch Ness
Rubus fruticosus Blackberry Polar Berry
Rubus fruticosus x idaeus Tayberry Tayberry
Rubus Hybrid Blackberry Columbia Giant
Rubus Hybrid Blackberry Columbia Star
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Canby
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Fall Gold
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Heritage
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Heritage
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Himbo Top
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Meeker
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Sharon:)
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Shortcake
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry TulaMagic
Rubus Idaeus Raspberry Tulameen
Rubus Occidentalis Raspberry Black Cap Jewel
Rubus Occidentalis Raspberry Black Cap Munger
Rubus species X Blackberry Prime Ark Freedom
Rubus Spectabilis Salmonberry Seedlings
Rubus x ā€˜APF-236Tā€™ Blackberry Baby Cakes
Rubus Calycinoides Raspberry Creeping Raspberry
Rubus Calycinoides Raspberry Creeping Raspberry
Rutaceae Citrus x meyeri Lemon Meyer improved
Salix integra Willow Flamingo
Salvia x sylvestris Meadow Sage Steel Blue
Sambucas Canadensis Elderberry Nova
Sambucas Canadensis Elderberry York
Sambucas Nigra Elderberry Black Lace
Sambucas Nigra Elderberry Korsor
Scabiosa Pincushion Flower
Schizandra chinensis Magnolia Vine Eastern Prince
Selaginella kraussiana ā€˜Aureaā€™ Spikemoss Kraussā€™ Gold
Stachys lanata Lambs Ear Helen Von Stein
Syringa Prestoniae Lilac Bush Hecla
tetrapanax papyrifer tetrapanax papyrifer Rex?
Thamnocalamus Crassinodus Clumping Bamboo
Thymus pulegioides Variegated Broadleaf Thyme Foxley
Thymus vulgaris Enlgish Thyme English
Thymus vulgaris Thyme English
Thymus x citriodorus Variegated Lemon Thyme Variegata
Toona Sinensis Chinese Mahogany Bronze Leaf
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Burbank
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Compacta
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Flambeau
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Flambeau
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Jim Gerdemann (Butter Ball)
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Unknown
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Unknown
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Unknown
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Upright Red
Ugni Molinae Chilean Guava Villarica Strawberry
Vaccinium Blueberry Corablue Blueberry Buckle
Vaccinium Ashei Blueberry Bountiful Blue
Vaccinium Ashei Blueberry Pink Lemonade
Vaccinium Ashei Blueberry Pink Lemonade
Vaccinium Ashei Blueberry Sunshine Blue
Vaccinium Ashei Blueberry SweetCrisp
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Berkley
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Bluecrop
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Bluecrop
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Chandler
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Duke
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Duke
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Earliblue
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Elliott
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Ivanhoe
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Jersey
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Legacy
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Northcountry
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Patriot
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Peach Sorbet ZF06-043
Vaccinium Corymbosum Blueberry Perpetua ORUS-61-1
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Pink Popcorn
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Pink Popcorn
Vaccinium Corymbosum Blueberry Razz
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Reka
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Silver Dollar
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Spartan
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry Unknown
Vaccinium corymbosum x Angustifolium Blueberry Top Hat
Vaccinium corymbosum x Angustifolium Blueberry Top Hat
Vaccinium corymbosum ā€˜ZF06-079ā€™ Blueberry Pink Icing
Vaccinium Darrowii Blueberry Darrowā€™s Blueberry
Vaccinium Glauco Album Hymalayan Huckleberry Unknown
Vaccinium hybrid Blueberry Nocturne
Vaccinium Ovatum Huckleberry Thunderbird
Vaccinium Padifolium Blueberry Madeira Blueberry
Vaccinium parvifolium Red Huckleberry seedlings
Vaccinium vitis-ideaea Lingonberry Koralle
Vaccinium vitis-ideaea Lingonberry Unknown
Vaccinium X ā€˜Cabernet Splashā€™ Blueberry Cabernet Splash
Vaccinium x ā€˜ZF06-179ā€™ Blueberry Jelly Bean ZF06-179
Vaccinium x ā€˜ZF08-095ā€™ Blueberry Blueberry Glaze ZF08-095
Vaccinium x ā€˜ZF08-095ā€™ Blueberry Blueberry Glaze ZF08-095
Viburnum Opulus Highbush Cranberry Kalinka
Vinca minor ā€˜Albaā€™ Periwinkle Alba
Vinca minor ā€˜Atropurpureaā€™ Periwinkle Atropurpurea
Vinca minor ā€˜Bowlesā€™ Periwinkle Bowlesā€™s Variety
Vitis labrusca Grape Interlaken
Vitis vinifera Grape Buffalo
Woodwardia unigemmata Fern Seedling
Xanthoceras sorbifolia Yellowhorn Seedling
Yacon Yacon ?
Zanthoxylum piperitum Sansho Japanese pepper
Zanthoxylum simulans Sechuan Pepper
Zephyranthes Candida White Autumn Rain Lilly White
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Iā€™m doing a 2-prong approach, planting out large numbers of small seedlings to see if any of them can survive at that small size, but also keeping some trees in pots in the greenhouse until they get larger in case none of the wee ones make it.

Itā€™s promising that some of these small first-year trees with still-green stems appear to have survived our coldest nights this winter (18Ā°F followed by 15Ā°F), but Iā€™ll have to wait for spring and summer to see how well they actually bounce back from it. Many of them died back to their roots, but a few seem to have their larger stems alive still. The only leaves that made it were in the bottom few inches, so under the snow cover.

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jsteph00921:
I have Lisbon lemon and Hamlin orange outside in a 100g tub. In milder past years, when wrapped with bubble wrap, strung with Christmas lights, and on a thermostat to come on at 37F, there had been no leaf drop. The 5ā€™ Lisbon would bear about 6 lemons/year. This year, the set-up was not able to compensate for a low of 7F! Lisbon looks like it will totally defoliate, Hamlin partially, but they remain alive. My Yuzu probably will also defoliate and is very wimpy looking. I thought Iā€™d try a Sudachi for outdoors this year to see if I get a better result.
In greenhouse, growing in ground, all as espalier, I have Meiwa kumquat (now fruiting), Owari Satsuma, Fukushu, Shiranui mandarin, Bearss lime, Washington navel, Ponkan, and Harvey. Years ago I tried citrus in ghouse and it was a disaster! Eventually pulled them as they succumbed to scale and spider mite. This time around I am trying to be vigilant with monthly soapy water spray mixed with a little Neem. My lowest temp, like yours, has been 40F. Only a few of these varieties put out new growth at this low temp.
My surprise experiment this winter was loquat. While the seedlings outside did fine with a bit of protection, the 3 larger trees I purchased in Sept., and left inside, put on about a foot of growth and started flowering.They grew more actively than the stalled-out citrus. I grafted some with scions (wrapping with reptile heat cable) and all took. In the spring they are to be planted outside under polycarbonate protection.
Iā€™m interested in your ghouse citrus collection.

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Do bad you canā€™t splice the avocado genome with some seal genes. Ha!

Wow! Impressive collection! Do you have fruiting experience with Pineapple Guava, Mulberry, or Redhaven peach?

Carole: We should plan a meet-up at Mt. Vernon Winter Field Day on March 5! I think Dennis D. also expressed an interest in attending. Iā€™ve been there many times and can give a guided tour.
Getting closer to the event, they usually have a printout of the scions available. So far they just have their antique apples list.

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Single digits is pretty harsh even for the yuzu. Iā€™ve only gone below 25 on a few night in 3 winters since planting outside. I would definitely cover with a plastic tent and place a portable propane heater inside. Have you ever gotten any fruit from your outside trees? That guy Bob Duncan on Vancouver Island gets pretty epic yields of yuzu and meyer lemon. Have you seen his videos on YouTube?

As for my greenhouse citrus it is a total vanity project. I grew up in Southern California and donā€™t like the idea of not having lemons growing beside my back door. I donā€™t like not having avocados either but I digress. Honestly if I add up all my gardening costs I probably have the most expensive citrus on the west coast of America. Iā€™m pretty diligent about moving them in and out of the greenhouse during the winter and they seem to really like that. My yard is a heat island so they grow some during the winter. Iā€™m on a hill with excellent southern exposure and cold air drainage. I also enclosed the garden area with a 7ā€™ cedar fence. That was mainly to keep out the deer but it also captures some extra heat.

It gets tiring sometimes and I wonder if itā€™s worth fighting against nature all winter. So this summer I decided to enclose my front porch as a sunroom to create an orangery. Since I can use my homeā€™s heat it will be much less of a burden than hauling them in and out all winter.

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has your persian and white pakistan mulberries fruited for you?

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@cdamarjian

I do get fruit from the Pineapple Guava. Iā€™ve had fruit from the Nikita, Cooledge and the Mammoth. Those are all 6 years old this year. They are about 4ft tall and give about a dozen fruit each. The fruit is uniquely delicious but Iā€™m hoping production really gets going soon. Enough to frustrate you there arenā€™t more:).

Mulberries are easy here. I have several and they all started to fruit in year 2. Not a lot at first but Iā€™m getting more every year. The only ones I had problems with are the Morus Nigra. Even though they are hardy here, they have struggled for me and died after a few years. Iā€™m going to re-site them and try again.

As far as Redhaven peach, Iā€™ve had it 4 years and it really gets hit with PLC. Iā€™ve sprayed with Copper and Penine Sticker Spreader but still got hit a bit. Last year it put on some good growth, so Iā€™m hopping to get my first harvest this year. I know the PLC has really stressed it the first few years.

Iā€™ve had good luck with Frost Peach here. It is not the highest quality but still better than most you get in the store. Iā€™ve heard good things about Nanaimo and have one in trial. Also have a Krabich nectarine that is supposed to resist PLC. Those results are TBD.

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I had a persian black morus nigra that did but it dies suddenly last year. Not sure why. Both the white Persian and White Pakistan were planted last spring so no fruit yet. I got my White Pakistan from Troy at Restoring Eden and I ate some of his. They are a really amazing fruit. Not much acid but wow are they sweet and fruity. Really looking forward to them!

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Thereā€™s also the once every decade single
digit readings to wonder about. How did they hold up on the day in December with a high temp of 23 F? Is that the same day it dropped to a low of 18 F? Pretty good sign that the roots survived. Seems like the snow probably insulated the bottom of the plant from the colder surrounding air. I wonder how they would have fared without the snow as a buffer?

Itā€™s been more than 30 years since Seattle last was that cold. I havenā€™t updated this in over a year, but hereā€™s the minimum temperatures at SeaTac (which is usually close to my temperature) since 1990:

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Iā€™m gonna try in a pot. In a greenhouse

For me, none of the ā€˜PLC resistantā€™ peaches are resistant here. I alternate lime sulfur with copper spray to keep PLC at about 5-10%. My 15 year old Avalon and Q 1-8 seem to have pretty much outgrown PLC, as some of the literature suggests will happen with established trees. My 8yo Nanaimo gets 5% PLC when sprayed but gives a good crop each year, a taste is better than Frost but still a bit lacking. Another PLC magnet is Betty, but the taste is really good. Itā€™s a keeper as long as donā€™t fall off the spray wagon.

Youā€™re my goal. However I have .19 arces not 5! Iā€™m interested to hear your favorite strawberries, blueberries and if the peaches ripen in time here.

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Jason, glad you joined us. Looks like you have a lot of plants and I suspect a lot of experience with growing things here.

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I should have clarified. Frost does get some PLC but it isnā€™t enough that it seems to affect the vigor or fruiting. It does get some PLC but not as much as to be detrimental to the growth or fruiting. I consider an acceptable amount of PLC to be any amount that doesnā€™t inhibit the growth beyond what I would deem as a vigorous tree and it still gives me acceptable fruit quality and quantity. One thing Iā€™ve noticed is all the peach and nectarine trees Iā€™ve planted near my chicken run have had less problem with PLC. Not sure if it is siting or if it is the ā€œpearls from the girlsā€ that is helping with PLC. Iā€™ve heard about the more established trees outgrowing PLC and I wonder if the trees close to the run are getting established quicker? Just a guess. I have 20 hens so the trees near the run get a non-stop buffet!