Tree suggestions wanted

[Dubious]

Mount Royal plum has turned out to be a great tree. The toonie sized sweet plums taste like store bought the family loves eating them in late summer. I find most fruit trees need to be pruned every year if they blow out. The edible cherries like Evans love to turn into a bush and I’m for ever trimming them the mount royal plum I trim one a year in the spring and just knock the top off to try and stop that forced growth. The trunk had got some serious girth now that I have started trimming.

[KegRiver]

Pembina Cranberry might be worth a look.

It's native to the area, it's hardy, can grow to 20 feet, but more often grow to around 15 feet.
They can tolerate full sun, the berries are edible although not many like them and their uses are quiet limited. However, birds love them and they look cool on the tree.

The flower is unique and showy. And they can be started from cuttings.
Or you could buy them from one of the nurseries that sell them.

You could try Tree Time in Edmonton, but they are sold out for now.
https://treetime.ca/productsList.php?pcid=177&tagid=8

Eagle Lake Nurseries in Strathmore list them
http://search.eaglelakenurseries.com...ush_Cranberry/

CalgaryPlants.com also lists them. They are not actually in the city. I believe they are out by Carseland
https://www.calgaryplants.com/produc...iant=671074317

I don't know if The Saskatoon Farm out by Okotoks has them, But they might. I know they have Saskatoons, (of course) and evergreens.
https://www.saskatoonfarm.com/

Here's some information about them;

https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/enc...anberry-1.html

The flower;



The fruit;

[amosfella]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Amosfella, please do not talk nonsense when you know nothing about good science!

good science?? How about a sense of humor?

[Reeves1]

Keg - they look like Red Elderberry. Sort of.

We just planted Blue Elderberry seeds in starter pots.

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by Reeves1

Keg - they look like Red Elderberry. Sort of.

We just planted Blue Elderberry seeds in starter pots.

Really! I have never seen Elderberry, but I pick a few gallons of High Bush Cranberries, another name for these.
The fruit is almost identical to Moose Berries if you know what they are.

The tree is much larger though and when mature can have a gallon or more on a single tree. If you know what Moose Berries are you'll know they seldom have more then even a handful of fruit on one bush.

[Reeves1]

Lots N lots of Blue Elderberry in BC and the east.

Small berries & a very taste of their own. Yummy pies !

Reds are not used for much more than ornamental. I have some here. Birds clean them up.

I've been free ranging my Peacocks in the summer & they very quickly figured out how to harvest the Honey Berries ! LOL

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by Reeves1

Lots N lots of Blue Elderberry in BC and the east.

Small berries & a very taste of their own. Yummy pies !

Reds are not used for much more than ornamental. I have some here. Birds clean them up.

I've been free ranging my Peacocks in the summer & they very quickly figured out how to harvest the Honey Berries ! LOL

Sounds like Ederberries might be something I should look into. I wonder if they are hardy to zone 1. We are right on the edge of zone 1

[Reeves1]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Sounds like Ederberries might be something I should look into. I wonder if they are hardy to zone 1. We are right on the edge of zone 1

Zones 3-9

I'm in 3a / 3b

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by Reeves1

Zones 3-9

I'm in 3a / 3b

Darn! Won't survive here then.

[KinAlberta]

Elderberries grow fine here. (Edmonton region)

Highbush cranberries too.

A number of fairly large cherries as well (eg Evans was found to have been growing in the Edmonton area since the 1920s)

[saskbooknut]

I have not seen blue elderberry on the Prairie.
Red Elderberry is a totally different thing.
We made gorgeous rich red wine from West Kootenay blue Elderberry, when we lived there.

[KinAlberta]

I haven’t seen blue elderberry around here but a site on the internet said its common in Alberta.

On trees I wish more Northwest poplar were being planted these days. They grow into huge trees. Most of our trees seem more like scrub brush.