JayBirdGarden

A garden of cold-hardy perennial fruiting plants.

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Aronia, mahonia, plums, rose hips, pears, apples, mountain ash, serviceberry, and chokecherry.

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@FaithLikeAbish2 Those of you who live in Salt Lake need to write letters to the city to make flags representing other groups. They were successful in Heber. Even just five other “worthy causes” and they will realize it’s too expensive to do this kind of thing.

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This is an excerpt from the Capitulare de Villis by Charlemagne in the 8th or 9th century. This is (some) of the list of trees:

Apple various kinds
Pear
Plum
Sorb
Medlar
Chestnut
Peach Various types.
Quince
Hazel
Almond
Mulberry
Laurel
Pine
Fig
Nuts and Cherries Various kinds

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Rose hips! Rosa villosa.

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Cactus fruits developing;

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Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas, USDA zones 4-8) developing fruits:

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@epicgardening Thanks for the tips! I just picked up some basil mint, so it’s going to clone itself in my backyard!

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@stewartwaine It’s almost too pretty to eat.

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@Somewhe07814641 Beautiful color!

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Interesting variety in the #ladybugs around here!

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Willow catkins, commonly called pussywillows are nearly opened up. The bees love them, but have to be content with crocuses right now (next pic).
#springishere #honeybees #gardening https://t.co/iJfohjydMq

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Crocuses are starting to come up!
And I was very surprised to see that this autumn olive plant is starting to leaf out already.

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@AirtonJobs Yes they are beautiful! I’ve heard a lot of names for them, including “houseleek” because of the way they are grown on roofs.

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Germinating seeds! https://t.co/DbbnBFnGj8

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Check out my new article about cold hardy cactus fruits: https://t.co/xrvLr55OkI https://t.co/PFwTVrQ9Ie

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New cold hardy fruiting cactuses for the garden!