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Sun, Aug 12, 12 at 14:45
| Has anyone seen the dwarf Cornel Cherry, Cornus mas 'Nana' in their travels. I would love to find a plant, but I have not had any luck at the local nurseries I have called, or in searching online. Thanks in advance for your help! |
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| Rebecca, I haven't seen anything close in the local nurseries. How big/what use are you looking for? single small tree? Clump form hedge? Closest are the Cornus oficinalis. Commonly referred to in ornamental circles as Cornelian cherry. Has a 1/4"x3/4" red fruit small pit. Good for pies. The occasional specimen has sweeter fruit with less astringency. Seed grown, self pollinating. I have one and has been easy to keep in bounds @ 10'. Just pruned it once in last ten years. Partially under awning, full afternoon sun. No supplemental water. Great plant. I see it being used extensively as a mixed understory/ filler/ border plantings at six flags amusement park, gurnee, Illinois. Some fruit were pretty sweet, others not so. Yes, I brought the sweet seeds home. |
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- Posted by fruitmaven.WIz5 5 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 13, 12 at 9:52
| I visited the Chicago Botanical Gardens this past weekend, and they had a "Cornus mas" in their heritage garden. It didn't have a varietal name. The fruit looked like a cornelian cherry dogwood at the Allen Centennial Gardens in Madison, WI (though I don't know if those are labelled with a varietal name either.). Chicago's was a single-stemmed small tree, and Madison's is a multi-stemmed small tree. |
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| Rebecca, Take a look at OGW http://www.onegreenworld.com//index.php?cPath=1_26 Maybe they can get it for you. |
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| Rebecca, Take a look at OGW http://www.onegreenworld.com//index.php?cPath=1_26 Maybe they can get it for you. |
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