Fruits and Berries
To fill in your food ofrest with some of the sub canopy and small shrub layer, this list of common and rare fruits and berries is sure to do the job. From tall native trees like the super sweet when ripe American persimmon, to the nitrogen fixing yet edible berried Goumi, our selection is sure to provide some tasty delights all the while blending in with traditional landscaping. Plant blueberries next to rhododendrons or make the incredibly beautiful serviceberry a main feature in your garden. Or just simply plant them for the kids, so they have a delicious and nutritious easy to pick snack straight from the yard.
The sweet and beautiful pink currant
| American Persimmon | Diospyrus Virginiana | L tree | 50’-75’ x 35’-55’ |
| Bluegold Blueberry | Vaccinium | L Shrub | 4-6’ x 4-6’ |
| Bluecrop Blueberry | Vaccinium | L Shrub | 4-6’x4-6’ |
| Kiowa Thorny Blackberry | Rubus sp. | m-l shrub | 4-8’ x 4-8’ |
| Triple Crown Blackberry | Rubus sp. | M-l shrub | 4-8’ x 4-8’ |
| Blanca Currant | Ribes | M-L | 3-5’x3-5’ |
| Pink champagne Currant | Ribes | m-l shrub | 3-5’ x 3-5’ |
| Gooseberry | Ribes Uva-crispa | M shrub | 3-5’x 3-5’ |
| Oregon Grape | Mahonia Aquifolium | M shrub | 3-6’ x 3-6’ |
| Salmonberry | Rubus spectabilis | M shrub | 4-5’ x 4-5’ |
| Jewel Black Raspberry | Rubus Bristol x dundee | M Shrub | 4-5’ x 4-5’ |
| Heritage Raspberry | Rubus ? | M shrub | 3-4’ x ind. |
| Nova Raspberry | Rubus ? | M shrub | 3-4’ x ind. |
| Taylor Raspberry | Rubus ? | M shrub | 3-4’ x ind. |
| Royalty Raspberry | Rubus (sp.?) | mshrb | 3-4’x ind. |
| Blue Elderberry | Sambuscus caerulea | L shrub | 6-15’ x 6-15’ |
| Goumi | Eleagnus Multiflora | L Shrub | 6-8’x6-8’ |
| Autumn Olive | Eleagnus umbellate | L shrub | 6-12’ x 6-12’ |
| Aronia (black chokeberry) | Aronia Melanocarpa | M shrub | 4-6’ x 6-10’ |
| Northline Serviceberry (Saskatoon) | Amelanchier alnifolia | M shrub | 5-15’ x 5-15’ |
| Siberian Pea Shrub | Caragana Arborscent | L Shrub | 8-20’x12’-18’ |
| Manchurian Viburnum | Viburnum burejaeticum-ecos | L shrub | 6’ x 6’ |
| California False Indigo | Amorpha californica | l-vl shrub | 3’ x 3’ |
| American Cranberry Bush | Viburnum trilobum | L shrub | 12’ x 12’ |
| Dunsbar Plum | Prunus x dunbari (maritime x American) Beach x American Plum | d-s tree | 20’-35’ x 20’-35’ |
| Beach Plum | Prunus maritima | D tree | 8’ x 8’ |
| Chickasaw Plum | Prunus angustifolia | S tree | 15’-20’ x 20’ |
| Serviceberry | Amelanchier alnifolia | D tree | 8-10’ x 8-10’ |
| Paw Paw | Asimina Triloba | S Tree | 20-35’ x 20-35’ |
| Sea Buckthorn | Hippophae Ramnoides | L Shrb | 10-20’x10-20’ |