Margaret157
I live in the Pacific Northwest, zone 8a with maritime influence growing on about .5 acres and trying to cram as much into that space as possible. Goal is to shape fruit trees in dwarf form and use close spacing as in the book Grow a Little Fruit Tree by Ann Ralph. List of currently growing /will plant in 2020:
2 old Apple trees and one old cherry, unknown varieties and not producing very much. Nostalgia trees.
Liberty Apple
Akane apple
Lapins cherry
Montmorency cherry
Vandalay cherry
Black Forest cherry
Frost peach
Summer Salish peach
Pacific Pride Nectarine
Elephant Heart Plum
Satsuma Plum
Toka Plum
Imperial epineuse plum
Cathay Quince
ECOS pear
Mulberries (M. alba seedlings)
Puget Gold Apricot
A.C. Pomegranate
Early Golden American persimmon
Saijo persimmon
Paw paws from seedlings
Blueberries
Raspberries
Blackberries
Strawberries: Hood, Rainier, Eversweet
Honeyberries
Serviceberries
Elderberries
Gooseberries
Currants (red, white, and black)
Black jostaberry
Seaberries
Lingonberries
Muscat Grape
California Wild Grape
Hardy Kiwi
Akebia (ornamental variety, very bland fruits)
Eastern Prince Schisandra
Figs: Latarula, Desert King, Violette de Bordeaux
Olives in pots: Arbosana, Frantoio
Citrus in pots: Improved Meyer lemon, Bearss lime, Thai Lime, Kishu Mandarin, Fukumoto Navel
Babaco Papaya in a pot
Day Avocado in a pot
Caper Bush
Sechuan/Sansho peppers
Goji berry
Hazelnuts
English walnut
Evergreen huckleberry
Salmonberry
Red huckleberry, salal, thimbleberry growing wild
Perennial polycultures, chickens, perennial veggies and herbs, specialty greens, annual veggies, grain/seed plants, small pond.
I grow a wide range of perennial veggies and specialty greens, planning to open a small backyard nursery selling permaculture plants for home gardeners and homesteaders.
ISO/wish list:
- Viburnum edule cuttings - from a tree that you’ve tasted the fruit and is more tart than bitter/astringent.
- American beech seeds
- Atriplex halimus AKA saltbush cuttings
- Sassafras seeds, root cuttings or suckers
- Tilia americana aka American Basswood seeds or cuttings
- Clove currant
- Black goji berry
- Illinois everbearing mulberry
- Red jostaberry
- Cornelian cherry
- Taro hardy to zone 8a or colder
- Bayberry Myrica pensylvanica
- Yaupon seeds, from wild plants not cultivars
- Yellowhorn seeds
- Bergamot citrus
- Cherimoya - Booth or El Bumpo
Instagram @margaretandplants