Fedco Seeds: Trees-And-Shrubs - Edible Landscape

Aronia melanocarpa 5-10' x same. Cultivar selected for use in windbreaks and wildlife conservation plantings. Fruits abundantly. Medicinal and edible. Z3/4.

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Black Chokeberry Seedling

Aronia melanocarpa 3-6' x same. Each one is genetically unique. Plant several for an attractive edible hedge. Native. Z3/4.

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Red Chokeberry Seedling

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Aronia arbutifolia 6-10' x 3-6'. Each one is genetically unique. Beautiful in mass plantings and borders. Plant several in a hedge and make the birds happy! Native. Z3/4.

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Butternut Seedling

Juglans cinerea 40-60' x same. Very large impressive shade tree with broad open crown. Produces oblong edible nuts. Nice cabinet wood. Native. Z3.

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American Chestnut Seedling

Castanea dentata Up to 100'. Once common in the eastern US. Important food source for people and wildlife. Not immune to blight but likely to thrive 10-30 years. Fast growing and precocious. Z4.

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Chinese Chestnut Seedling

Castanea mollissima 40-60' x same. Genetically unique seedlings usually produce good-to-excellent nuts in 5-7 years. Resistant to chestnut blight. Z4.

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Hybrid Chestnut Seedling

Castanea 40-60' x 30-40'. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage. Parent trees show excellent blight resistance. Begins flowering at 3-5 years. Great flavor, high annual nut production. Z4.

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Japanese Chestnut Seedling

Castanea crenata Vigorous, precocious and high yielding. Can cross-pollinate with Chinese, American and hybrid chestnuts. Moderate to high blight resistance. Z4.

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American Chinquapin Seedling

Nut - Bare-Root Trees

Castanea pumila 15-30' x 10-20'. Once an important food for indigenous peoples. Somewhat resistant to chestnut blight. Native to much of central/eastern U.S. Z4.

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American Hazelnut Seedling

Corylus americana 12-18' x 10-15'. Multi-stemmed native shrub with sweet nuts. Showy catkins in spring. Patchwork of colors in autumn. Can bear in 3-5 years. Z4.

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Hybrid Hazelnut Seedling

Corylus spp. 8-12' × same. Hybrid crosses of mixed parentage, including European hazelnut. Nuts will likely be larger than those from other seedlings. Highly resistant or immune to filbert blight. Z3.

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Shagbark Hickory Seedling

Nut - Bare-Root Plants

Carya 70-90' × 50-70'. Straight trunked with shaggy bark and branches that curve up at the tips. Bears sweet edible nuts in 40 years. Z4.

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Shellbark Hickory Seedling

Nut - Bare-Root Plants

Carya laciniosa 60-80' × 40-60'. Tall nut tree of bottomlands and floodplains. Resembles shagbark hickory but with less shaggy bark. Native. Z5.

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Black Walnut Seedling

Juglans nigra 70-90'. Spectacular shade tree with open rounded crown. Nuts have sweet earthy rich flavor. May begin to bear in 5-10 years. Z4.

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Carpathian Walnut Seedling

Walnut - Bare-Root Plants

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Juglans regia 30-50' × 40'. Very large fast-growing tree with edible nuts. Bears in 5–7 years. Almost tropical looking. Z4.

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Heartnut Seedling

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Juglans ailantifolia var. cordiformis Easy-to-crack shells and sweet heart-shaped nuts. Used like English walnuts. Z4/5.

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Carolina Allspice

Calycanthus floridus 6-10' x 6-12'. Beautiful native shrub with dark burgundy-maroon flowers and shiny leaves. Blooms early, flowers through summer. Highly fragrant. Z4/5.

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Beach Plum

Prunus maritima 6' × 5-6'. Rounded dense suckering shrub found along ocean beaches. Showy white blooms in spring. Edible plums in late summer. Plant two for fruit. Z3.

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Bearberry

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Arctostaphylos uva-ursi 6-10". Low-growing evergreen groundcover. Can sprawl to 15'. Pinkish-white flowers in spring. Small red berries persist into winter. Self-pollinating. Z2.

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Flowering Raspberry

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Rubus odoratus 3-6' x 6-12' Relative of the cultivated raspberry, with fragrant flowers and nutritious fruit. Thornless, long-blooming, attractive to pollinators. Excellent addition to wildlife hedges. Z4.

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Redbud

Cercis canadensis 25-30' × same. Small vase-shaped ornamental tree. Clusters of brilliant edible purplish-pink pea-like flowers fill the entire tree in spring. Z4/5.

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Allegheny Serviceberry

Amelanchier laevis 15-25'. Leaves of this understory tree unfold purplish-orange bronzed color in spring. Pendulous white blossoms. Berries ripen midsummer. Z2.

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Spicebush

Lindera benzoin 6-12' x 8-12'. Large rounded multi-stemmed fragrant native shrub suited to moist or wet areas. Soft-yellow flowers. Glossy red edible berries. Z5.

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Wintergreen

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Gaultheria procumbens 6-10". Aromatic evergreen native groundcover. Glossy dark green leaves. Bell-shaped white flowers in June. Vivid red berries. Self-pollinating. Z3.

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‘Officinalis’ Apothecary’s Rose

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Rosa gallica 4x4'. Ancient semi-double deeply fragrant intense deep pink rose. Four rows of soft silky petals surround a crown of golden stamens. Z4.

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American Linden

Tilia americana 60-80' x same. Tall stately tree with rounded crown and low-hung spreading branches. Sweetly fragrant yellow June flowers. Z3.

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Blackhaw

Viburnum prunifolium 12-15' x 8-12'. Rounded shrub with creamy white cymes in early spring. Suckering habit, but can be pruned. Bluish-black edible fruit clusters in fall. Z3.

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Highbush Cranberry Seedling

Viburnum opulus var. americanum 8–12' × same. Also known as Crampbark. Medicinal multi-stemmed native shrub. Add to the biological diversity of your garden. No two seedlings are exactly alike. Z2.

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Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago 15-20' x 10-12'. Large shrub with edible blue-black berries. Fragrant creamy white flowers. Plant multiples for fruit production. Z2.

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Northern Wild Raisin