Bright red pear-shaped edible “cherries” set heavily in late summer. Let them fully ripen to their full sweet potential before picking. Clusters of small delicate yellow flowers cover the leafless tree in early spring for a striking show before the forsythias even think of waking up. Long-lived large shrub with upright rounded habit makes a great edible hedge or can be pruned to a small tree. Native to Europe and Asia. Z4/5. (1-3' bare-root plants)
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7528
Cornelian Cherry
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Cornelian Cherry Cornus mas
Gaining popularity in the U.S., the
fruits of this Old World gem have been harvested by humans for
thousands of
years. Bright red pear-shaped edible “cherries” set
heavily in
late
summer. Let them fully ripen to their full sweet potential before
picking.
Clusters of small delicate yellow flowers cover the leafless tree in
early
spring for a striking show before the forsythias even think of
waking up.
Long-lived large shrub with upright rounded habit makes a great
edible hedge
or can be pruned to a small tree. Nutritious, medicinal, high in
vitamin C
and
good in jam, syrup, tarts, fruit leather and wine. The wood is hard
and
strong,
once used for spears and wheel spokes. This plant has it all.
Prefers
well-drained soil and full sun but otherwise adaptable.
Partially self-fertile—plant multiples to improve
yields.
Native to Europe and Asia.
As Green’s Nursery catalog from 1904 explains, “There are many trees that by pruning can be made to resemble shrubs, and many shrubs that by different pruning may be made to produce medium-sized trees.”
