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Nanking or Cornus Mas

17 years ago

I'm in dark clay that actually drains pretty well. I was wondering if anyone in Texas has had sucess with Nanking Cherry or Cornelian Cherry? How do they take Texas summers? Looking to branch out from apple, pear, jujube, persimmon that I have had good luck with so far. I have a Mexican plum that is young and doing well. Any other tough, hardy, less care plums...prunus americana?

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myparadyze
17 years ago
I've grown Nanking Cherry for over 10 years in central Texas; the plants don't receive any supplemental water and do fine. The berries are small and tart and I mostly leave them for the birds since my kids are grown and no longer eat them. The bark is beautiful on these small trees/large bushes - it peels & is a mahagony color. Hope this helps.
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