Wild Plums!

[Marianne]

Oh yum. I haven't had wild plums since I was a kid. Here in KS, you can get various shrubs and trees from the Forestry Dept. I just looked and they have added some new things. There are plants here that I know nothing about, too.

American Plum
Buffaloberry
Buttonbush
Chokecherry
Common Ninebark
Elderberry

False Indigo
Fragrant Sumac
Golden Currant
Lilac
Nannyberry
Hazelnut
Peking Cotoneaster
Sand Hill Plum
Serviceberry
Spicebush

You have to order in groups of 25 plants at $25 each, so it could get pretty pricey if you wanted a variety and no neighbors were interested in splitting an order. I always thought I'd get the Sand Hill plum, Hazelnut and Elderberry. No one that I met around here had anything to share other than the lilac.
I wonder if other states' forestry dept has similar options?
KS Forestry Dept... just doesn't sound right...there are no forests here. hahahah

 

[Marianne]

Thanks! By golly, that might be it. I'll let 'em hang out for a couple more years and see if they produce anything.

Did you get any persimmons? My BIL had a tree in his yard that he just hated. Unfortunately, I didn't get a start before he sold the property. My bad.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I've got nothing - not even a bloom (yet).

 

[Marianne]

I've got nothing - not even a bloom (yet).

Nutz!

 

[baymule]

That looks interesting. The wild plums we pick are cherry sized and bright red. They sure make a good jam. Delicious!