I’m currently hunting down pawpaw trees, Blueberry bushes, black raspberry, and other native fruits for my garden.

Looking for suggestions.

I looked into black cherries, but they get too large and too easily wind damaged for the proximity I’d have to plant them to my house.

  • SlippiHUD@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 months ago

    I’m specifically looking for native fruit. I already have 2 apple trees and a lapin cherry tree.

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      2 months ago

      Ok, but cherries and apples aren’t native; colonists introduced them. I think the pawpaw is the only native tree with edible fruit and you already listed it.

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        2 months ago

        The American Black Cherry (Prunus serotina) is native, it gets upto 80 feet tall.

        And while I do have some non-native plants. I’m hoping to fill out the rest of my garden with Native fruit. I have found two native plums to my region(Prunus Niagra and Prunus Americana).

        And apparently I’ve been ignoring a variety of native nuts, though they are all too large. I’m hoping to keep any trees under 30ft, but I’m also planting things that aren’t trees.