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Native Plant Gardening @mander.xyz SlippiHUD @lemmy.world 2 mo. ago

Southwest Ohio Native Fruit Garden

I'm currently hunting down pawpaw trees, Blueberry bushes, black raspberry, and other native fruits for my garden.

Looking for suggestions.

I looked into black cherries, but they get too large and too easily wind damaged for the proximity I'd have to plant them to my house.

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idk if theyll be suitable for your situation, but here's some native ohio fruits im aware of:

definitely seconding the pawpaw trees! the fruit tastes so good and im looking on getting some trees myself

diospyros virginiana (american persimmon)

amelanchier arborea (common serviceberry) and amelanchier canadensis (canadian serviceberry)

prunus virginiana (chokecherry)

prunus pensylvanica (pin cherry) is another native cherry, but probably has the same issues black cherries give you

(the ohio pawpaw festival is coming up this weekend btw! theres always people selling not just pawpaw fruits, but pawpaw trees and other native plants there.)
- I got 2 saplings at the festival. From different vendors so it's incredibly unlikely they're related. They're already planted and doing well, they survived the windstorm from Helene undamaged.
  
  yes! that's awesome and i hope you had fun!
It's not native but I remember my grandparents had a pear tree that did well and stayed relatively small in Eastern PA.

And if space is the only issue for the cherries, you could look into Espalier, training it to grow flat against a wall or fence.
- I'm specifically looking for native fruit. I already have 2 apple trees and a lapin cherry tree.
  
  Ok, but cherries and apples aren't native; colonists introduced them. I think the pawpaw is the only native tree with edible fruit and you already listed it.

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