The Brushpile

[Brushpile]

Gum Bumelia is a good habitat tree for places like Texas, Oklahoma and throughout the South. Deer browse the leaves and everything eats the berries, which are edible but too seedy to trouble with.

This is the growth range.
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SILA20

 

[Brushpile]

Cockspur Hawthorn. Cockspur Hawthorn has 3-4 inch needle sharp thorns and produces pommes like crabapples that are edible.

 

[Brushpile]

Cockspur Hawthorn has formidable thorns making it ideal for letting deer in, while keeping people out! Cockspur Hawthorn works well to create refuge, thickets and human barriers.

 

[Brushpile]

Though small, the fruit is produced in profusion.

 

[Brushpile]

Cockspur Hawthorn grows throughout most of the Whitetail's range. I bought mine from Lincoln Oakes Nursery in North Dakota. Notice that Cockspur Hawthorn is not Native to North Dakota, but is sold there; indicating that it grows outside it's native range.
http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CRCR2

 

[smsmith]

I've been trying to find bareroot Cockspur for a few years now, Lincoln Oakes hasn't had them and neither have other nurseries I've checked with. Not sure what the deal is

 

[Brushpile]

Have you considered growing them from seed?

 

[Weasel]

Great updates Brush. And you got a pic of Moth Man's baby!

 

[smsmith]

Have you considered growing them from seed?

No. From the reading I've done on them germination may take two cold stratification periods and is far from a given.

 

[Brushpile]

They might grow from hardwood cuttings if they were potted inside a plastic bag.

 

[smsmith]

I don't want them that bad

 

[Brushpile]

False Indigo. False Indigo is outstanding cover for both small game and deer. The MDC encouraged me to plant False Indigo for quail habitat. What makes False Indigo special, is that nothing eats it, so if there is a browse line and/or a high deer population, False Indigo makes ideal cover to fill a void, and it's thicket forming from seed.

 

[Brushpile]

False Indigo is narrow at the base and the limbs spread outward, forming ideal cover. This a False Indigo flower.

 

[Brushpile]

False Indigo grows throughout the U.S.. False Indigo prefers to grow in moist soil along the edge of streams, but it has a long tap root and I have it growing in my highest driest locations and it still thrives. The MDC sells False Indigo.

http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AMFR

 

[Brushpile]

This is an Apricot tree that was purchased from Burgess Catalogue when my wife ordered flowers. It's much larger than this now and has bloomed for at least the last 5 years, but has never produced fruit. It probably needs a pollinator, but I have no idea what variety it is. It's an early bloomer... ideas on pollinators???

 

[smsmith]

Apricots are generally self-fruitful. Any chance your tree is getting hit with late frosts? Another apricot in the area could only help with pollination of course. I have no idea what to recommend for your area, but I bet Stark Bros would have some suggestions.

 

[Flyfixer]

Are those chokeberries the same thing as what we used to call huckleberries? They look about the same from what I remember.

 

[Brushpile]

Apricots are generally self-fruitful. Any chance your tree is getting hit with late frosts? Another apricot in the area could only help with pollination of course. I have no idea what to recommend for your area, but I bet Stark Bros would have some suggestions.

I also have Apricots from Lincoln Oakes that have been in the ground for 6-7 years and haven't bloomed. Stone fruit does well in my area, so I'll look to pick up another Apricot or two.

I have had late frosts, drought, Japanese Beetles, rabbits gnawing, you name it. I'm still waiting for one good year!

 

[Brushpile]

Are those chokeberries the same thing as what we used to call huckleberries? They look about the same from what I remember.

No, Huckleberries are related to blueberries and taste sweet, while Chokeberry is tart. From the picture they do look the same.

 

[letemgrow]

Basically have your own arboretum going there Brad