Re: [nafex] fruit for part shade

Try pawpaw, persimmon, taller elderberry varieties (some are tree sized),
kousa dogwood, high bush cranberry, and of course the estimable cornus mas.

Mary Yett
Tree of Life Permaculture Farm
Ontario,Canada
Canadian zone 4B (USDA Zone 3 )

On Sat., Nov. 21, 2020, 8:58 p.m. John Holzwart, <
plantbasedservices@gmail.com> wrote:

> Henry,
>
> I think you know what I'm going to suggest. Lol. I second Cornus mas.
>
> Little John
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 7:23 PM Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
>
> > Cornus mas. It's a fruiting dogwood. I have some. It does okay with light
> > shade.
> >
> > I'm in zone 6, i don't know how cold hardy it is.
> > --
> > Ginda
> > typed with Swype, who knows what I intended.
> >
> >
> > On November 21, 2020 7:12:46 PM EST, Henry via nafex <
> > nafex@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote:
> > > Any recommendations for part shade?
> > >
> > >We have been removing buckthorn, but we don't want to remove the
> > >canopy.
> > >
> > >We have elm, cherry and oak, but it opens up a lot when the buckthorn
> > >is gone.
> > >
> > >Dogwood is the primary native understory. Would like to add some useful
> > >fruit.
> > >
> > >--Henry Fieldseth
> > >Minneapolis, Minnesota, zone 4
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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