The Blue Sausage Fruit, Decaisnea fargesii, also known as Blue Bean Shrub, is an upright, deciduous multi-stemmed fruit bearing shrub, indigenous to eastern Asia, growing to 4meters tall and 4meters wide at a moderate rate. The Blue Sausage Fruit belongs to the same family as the Chocolate Vine, Akebia quinata. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> Decaisnea fargesii [...]

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Japanese Silverberry, Elaeagnus umbellata, also known as Autumn-Olive and Umbellate Oleaster, is a deciduous spiny shrub or small fruit bearing tree, growing to 10 meters tall but most commonly 4 meters. Japanese Silverberry is an indigenous to eastern Asia from the Himalayas east to Japan. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> Elaeagnus umbellata leaves are alternate, varying in [...]

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If you would like a tree that is both smaller and prolific, then you have to plant a genetic dwarf fruit or nut tee. A new addition to the domain of tree crops, the genetic dwarf fruit and nut trees or miniature trees got available to home gardeners just 20 years ago. The more common [...]

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Growing fruit trees and nut trees have been a constituent of the landscape since the early organized human settlements around the world, thousands of years ago. Nowadays, we find a much greater assortment of fruit and nut bearing trees, fruiting vines and berry plants available than ever before. A lot of fruit and nut trees [...]

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The key to successful fruit and nut production is the presence of a beneficial environment for the trees that bear them. A tree can only grow successfully when meet its requirements for heat, light, moisture and in most cases the best trees grow in the best soils. Providing one has the land or back yard, [...]

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