Malus spp.
Early Fall. Also called Snow. Ruby-red fruit with tender white flesh. Excellent fresh eating, sauce and fresh cider. Keeps until late December. Z3.
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Malus spp. Winter. MN 90 (Malinda × open-pollinated) U Minn, 1923. One of the first introductions from the Minnesota Horticultural Research Center...
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Malus spp.
Fall-Winter. Medium-large, sharp, crisp, rich, aromatic dessert apple. Also good in cider. Great fresh eating till January. Blooms midseason. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late Summer. Thought to be Malus × adstringens (M. baccata × M. pumila). Europe, New York or New England, well before 1840. First known...
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Malus spp. Fall. Bittersweet cider apple. Exceedingly rare, this classic English heirloom bittersweet probably originated in Herefordshire well...
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Malus spp.
Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Among the best red-fleshed varieties. Prized for its size, vigor, disease resistance and deep red juice high in anthocyanins and antioxidants. Z4.
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Malus spp. Late Fall. Bittersharp cider apple. Also called Neverblight. May have originated in Rodney Stoke or near Wedmore, Somerset, England. ...
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Vitis spp. Mid. MN78 [(Beta × Witt) × Ontario] Elmer Swenson intro, U Minn, 1980. Considered one of Swenson’s favorite grapes. Sweet green...
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Calluna vulgaris1-2' × 1-2' In early spring vibrant yellow-green foliage emerges followed by tiny orange-red flower buds in June. As the mauve...
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Morus alba × M. rubra
30x20'. One of the most renowned mulberry varieties. Ripens mid-July and continues into late summer or longer. Self-fruitful grafted cultivar, so only one plant required for fruit. Z4/5.
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Castanea mollisima
40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4.
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Castanea
40-60' x 30-40'. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage. Parent trees show excellent blight resistance. Begins flowering at 3-5 years. Great flavor, high annual nut production. Z4.
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Prunus persica
Early-Mid. Medium-sized roundish freestone peach. Bright yellow flesh, soft and juicy. Considered the hardiest peach. Z4 and warm pockets in Z3.
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Hemerocallis27" tall. Radiant raspberry-purple blossoms with darker purple eye zone and a large luminous lemon-yellow throat. 4½'" flowers light...
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Hemerocallis18-24" tall. Lavender-purple tepals with darker purple veins, lighter midribs and a yellow-gold throat. Broad, slightly reflexed and...
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Paeonia lactifloraEarly. 28" tall. Semi-double type. Intense sunset coral with rose overtones and fluffy golden stamens. Light fragrance and long...
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Paeonia lactifloraLate. 36" tall. Fully double type. Introduced in 1906. Fragrant flowers open with narrow red lines shot onto light rose-pink....
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Hosta22–24" tall, scapes to 36". Pale lavender flowers are large and fragrant, but the leaves are the main attraction. Very substantial and large...
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Hosta24" tall and 36" wide. Bright golden-yellow leaves with striking dark green centers. We searched far and wide for an interesting hosta that...
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Paeonia (Itoh) x 30-36" tall. Cherry-red buds open to 8" fragrant semi-double orange-apricot-pink flowers with subtle purple edging. Blossoms...
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Papaver orientale10-15" tall. Dusky damson-plum–colored blossoms. A short version of the original Patty’s Plum poppy, a compost-pile surprise...
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Phlox divaritica12-18" tall. Sweet lavender-blue florets that will make you wonder where they’ve been all your life. Selected by Bill Cullina...
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Ginkgo biloba
50-80'. Slow-growing, long-lived tree with unique fan-shaped foliage. Leaf tea used medicinally. Very adaptable and tolerant. Minimal maintenance required. Z5.
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Acer saccharum
50-100'. Largest of our native maples. Colorful fall foliage. Valued for shade, syrup and lumber. Boil sap to make real maple syrup. Z3.
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American Black Elderberry -
Small Fruits and Berries
American Black Elderberries
Small Fruits and Berries
Sambucus canadensis
6-12' x same. Fedco intro. Sourced from a wide swath of plants growing in Aroostook County. Robust elderberry with consistently high fruit yields. Z3.
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Cornus alba6-8' × 5-6' COPF intro. Selection made from a seedling stand near Boughen Nurseries, Saskatchewan. Also called Tatarian Dogwood. ...
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Cornus racemosa3-8' × 10-15' Also called Northern Swamp Dogwood. Native multi-stemmed thickly branched suckering shrub with rounded domes of...
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Rubus odoratus3-6' × 6-12' Also called False Raspberry, Ornamental Raspberry or Purple-flowering Raspberry. Relative of the cultivated raspberry,...
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Syringa vulgaris alba12-15' × 8-12' The only common thing about this lilac is that it is one of only two types you see growing where the old...
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Diospyros virginiana
35-60' x 20-35'. Medium-sized native tree produces edible orange fruit used in pies, jams and jelly. May not always ripen north of Boston. Unsexed seedlings—plant two or more for fruit. Z4/5.
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Rosa damascena4-5' × 3-4' Parentage unknown. Introduced 1950. Discovered growing on a convent wall in Elboeuf, Normandy, by Nancy Lindsay. Highly...
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Rosa gallica2-3' × 3-4' Laffay, France, 1840. Unparalleled fragrant deep purple-burgundy very double 3" blooms in midsummer. Densely petaled...
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Rosa gallica4x4' Ancient semi-double deeply fragrant intense deep pink rose is just as medicinal as it is charming. Quite possibly the first rose...
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Rosa rugosa3x3' R. rugosa hybrid. Also knows as Snow Pavement 6446. Baum, Germany, 1986. Soft pink buds open to very faint lilac-white blooms...
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Rosa gallica3x2' One of the oldest gallicas; has been in cultivation since the 14th century. Often referred to as the Old Velvet Rose. Fragrant...
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Symphoricarpos albus5-6' × same. Also called Common Snowberry or Waxberry. Broad rounded arching spreading wildlife shrub. Inconspicuous pinkish...
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Humulus lupulusHallertau Mittelfrüh × USDA 19058M male. OR St U, 1989. Low to moderate bitterness with 4-7% alpha acid content. Spicy and floral...
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