Loquat!
Loquat is amazing prolific, extremely beautiful and evergreen with leaves up to 18" long!
Me the fruit is one of my favorites!
And the flowers smell wonderful.
They grow like weeds once you get them started!
They can be grafted onto hawthorn as well! You might already have lots of hawthorn there.
That sounds much like the Vaughn hybrid hawthorn, which fruit can average even larger than 1" across in ideal culture. Was the tree thorny?
That red fruited hawthorn fruit and foliage look similar to that of a selection some nurseries are incorrectly selling as Crataegus azarolus āAngelo Rosso.ā If yours is the same it would be in Crataegus Sect. Coccineae Series Molles and possibly the species submollis.
Actually I believe it is Arnold Hawthorn, itās here and relatively common. Fruits look exactly the same.
Highly recommended, and it would be a great hedge too!
I was able to taste some Arnold hawthorn fruits at a local arboretum a few years ago. They were definitely above average among hawthorns for eating quality. Quite sizeable fruits too. The old tree was gorgeous and massive. A part of me wants to plant one, but I would need to pick the right spot for such a large tree (more wide than tall)ā¦
You can get bundles of 10 pacific crabapples for not too much money from Burnt Ridge Nursery. They will need to be pruned, though, if you want a āhedge.ā They also have seedlings and named varieties of service berries.
I donāt know what the pyracantha talk has been, but Iām in the Willamette Valley and Iām growing to be planting a bunch around our farm since it apparently it is extremely attractive to SWD, but their eggs do not develop in the fruit.
Iād be curious how well that works at helping control spotted winged drosphillia.
There hasnāt been any field studies following up on the first couple that Iāve seen and they were both in England. Pyracantha was much preferred over caneberries though. I need a thorny hedge on part of the farm anyway, and I believe theyāre very easy to propagate, so might as well give it a shot.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1049964420302814
Our results show that the fruits of P. coccinea are highly attractive to D. suzukii while being invariably deadly for its offspring. The infestation rate of strawberries, a very attractive fruit commonly infested by D. suzukii , was reduced by 40% when firethorn fruits were present in the set-up. We also monitored the survival of D. suzukii offspring in P. coccinea fruits and observed that mortality occurred before pupation, mainly during the 2nd larval instar, along with a darkening of the larvaeās cuticle. Our results demonstrate the potential of P. coccinea in the biological control of D. suzukii .
what a great looking hedge it would be!
Thanks! Guess I missed that study. Motivates me even more then. Would also help keep the birds fed on the edges of the farm.
Anyone know when the fruit ripens around here? The British studies had odd fruit ripening timings for our experience around here.
I have those and native barberry, and they look great. They are all supposed to be deer resistant, but the deer here have really pruned the salal down to a nub. The currants (both pink ad golden) have great flowers that attract hummingbirds and butterflies.
I forgot. Oregon Grape is also a great looking, hardy native shrub. I have one and want a couple more. It has holly-like leaves that turn various colors throughout the year, profuse small yellow flowers, and edible (although not choice) berries. Also supposed to be deer resistant, but my deer donāt know that.
I also have several service berries, and I have yet to be able to eat any of the fruit. Someone always gets it first,
And if you have heard Madrone fruit were edible, they are only when you are really, really hungry.
A key to Oregon Grape edibility is patience. Best in October, many weeks after full blue colored fruit. Shriveled fruit can be raisin-like.
Cooking also has quite a transformative affect on the flavor.
