Got a buch of catalogues from Thomson and Morgan the other day including one for fruit. They have some weird new varieties which don't tempt me such as the 'first ever pink blueberry' and a Cot 'n' Candy - 2/3 apricot and 1/3 plum . Might interest Big gav if he comes back
cape gooseberries, cucamelons all sound intriguing - might try and see if there's any space for them next year
this year probably going caseille ( i guess it's a similar thing to josta and worcesterberries) . And the chilean guava - hear it smells lovely too. And either blueberries or bilberry
has anyone tried growing bilberry ? ??i know they need ericaceous soil like blueberry. Some people say bilberry's easy and others say they need a bit of TLC
is the uk warm enough to get fruit from persimmon and passionfruit - ??my garden's nice and sunny but i don't have a greenhouse.
Already ordered some whiteberries - the write-ups sounded good but not sure if that's just well written marketing
You have said that you are short of space, but would you be able to 'pleach' or 'espalier' some small trees against a wall or fence? I'm thinking fabulous apricots and lucious greengages. I know they are not considered madly exotic, but how many people do you know that are actually growing them?
Very good point artjak - don't know why there aren't more greengages about. Even the supermarket ones i bought tasted good and the trees i've seen have loads on them
loquat will be a waste of time in this country I'd think, they need to get quite large and they need 70+ temps to produce flowers, without flowers there won't be any fruit. I had one in my back garden for about 8 years, one that a previous occupant planted from seed like 10 years earlier. Despite living in the Midlands and it being in a sheltered spot never did anything but produce masses of leaves. And bear in mind that the leaves are huge and very waxy, even when they drop they don't break down. My parents live in Malta and people have loquats growing in their gardens, the fruit is very bitter, kind of made my mind up to remove the one growing at mine!!! Anyways best of luck!
When I was a child (when pterodactyls few across Hyde Park) my father used to make a wonderful greengage jam, opening the stones and extracting the kernels to put in the jam also.
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Got a buch of catalogues from Thomson and Morgan the other day including one for fruit. They have some weird new varieties which don't tempt me such as the 'first ever pink blueberry' and a Cot 'n' Candy - 2/3 apricot and 1/3 plum
. Might interest Big gav if he comes back
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/fruit?source=google&gclid=CKSfxrjUiLUCFSHHtAod3hAADA
Pam LL x
this year probably going caseille ( i guess it's a similar thing to josta and worcesterberries) . And the chilean guava - hear it smells lovely too. And either blueberries or bilberry
has anyone tried growing bilberry ? ??i know they need ericaceous soil like blueberry. Some people say bilberry's easy and others say they need a bit of TLC
is the uk warm enough to get fruit from persimmon and passionfruit - ??my garden's nice and sunny but i don't have a greenhouse.
Already ordered some whiteberries - the write-ups sounded good but not sure if that's just well written marketing
You have said that you are short of space, but would you be able to 'pleach' or 'espalier' some small trees against a wall or fence? I'm thinking fabulous apricots and lucious greengages. I know they are not considered madly exotic, but how many people do you know that are actually growing them?
Hey artjak! we have just bought a greengae - not sure it will fit in our orchard, stll deciding
Pineberries taste like pineapples, it's a strawberry though.
loquat will be a waste of time in this country I'd think, they need to get quite large and they need 70+ temps to produce flowers, without flowers there won't be any fruit. I had one in my back garden for about 8 years, one that a previous occupant planted from seed like 10 years earlier. Despite living in the Midlands and it being in a sheltered spot never did anything but produce masses of leaves. And bear in mind that the leaves are huge and very waxy, even when they drop they don't break down. My parents live in Malta and people have loquats growing in their gardens, the fruit is very bitter, kind of made my mind up to remove the one growing at mine!!! Anyways best of luck!
When I was a child (when pterodactyls few across Hyde Park) my father used to make a wonderful greengage jam, opening the stones and extracting the kernels to put in the jam also.