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Our fall selection includes fruit trees, berry bushes and herbaceous perennials in pots and plugs. Order through October 15 for fall shipping within Canada.

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collected the last of the wild plums yesterday, this selection (americana )... - Plum And Cherry Hybrids, September 2026Sep 13, 2026 · Plum & Cherry Hybridscollected the last of the wild plums yesterday, this selection (americana #2) ripens about 10 days later than most other wild plums, which is good to spread the season out - they were a solid bright green when the others were starting to drop. this is the first year I've had a crop on these grafts, the last photo shows the union where it's been top worked onto chokecherry. does wild plum graft well onto chokecherry? the answer is probably, though it seems to be about 75% for me, some grafts will fail in the first year. some in the second year can have subtle chlorosis, a yellow tinge to the leaves which is a sign of stress, but most of the time they're perfectly healthy like this one. I find it actually does even better as an interstem. can you just plant wild plums, well yes and long term that's going to work out better I expect, but in this case it was a large choke cherry bush in the yard and I was able to graft over one part of it, if they didn't work out the chokecherry will just rebound from the undergrowth and fill the space back in. it's faster, with a pollinator you're producing plums after one or two years. also in a landscape with dense mature shrubs, planting a seedling right in the mix would suffer for light and be low enough that deer and rabbits can eat it, where grafting at shoulder height solves both of those. so three advantages, plus you get to say your plums grow on a chokecherry tree.Read field note +2
first frost this morning, sept 12 is about average though it's been a week... - Seeds And Stratification, September 2026Sep 13, 2026 · Seeds & Stratificationfirst frost this morning, sept 12 is about average though it's been a week earlier some years. I collected our tomatoes yeseterday ahead of the cold weather.. note when I could see frost on the grass and took this reading the weather app said we were at 4C (40F), and more uphill areas were 2-3C, a few ft of elevation makes all the difference. most of the plants in the nursery are perennial, so a hard frost might slow them down but otherwise won't affect them.. I maybe should have put the potted figs in the greenhouse will need to check on them. I collected ~100 bags of tomatos last night, not full bags in ranges from a handful to maybe a gallon per plant with my setup and short season, but each bag is a distinct heirloom cultivar. I grow them in isolation from pollinators, and they're mostly a repository of interesting genetics to stock our seed shop. for fun and to experiment, I also have some growing under lights inside now becoming a winter garden. 9 months until we can grow them outside again, last frost is early june in southern Manitoba.Read field note +3
sweet cherry grafts, at the end of the season. we'll have frost soon, all of... - Plum And Cherry Hybrids, September...Sep 12, 2026 · Plum & Cherry Hybridssweet cherry grafts, at the end of the season. we'll have frost soon, all of this year's growth is hardening off. and next month all of these leaves will drop. some of these grafts put on three ft, a result from topping the pin cherry trees in late april while they were dormant. I'll collect scions in november since we really can't be sure the sweet cherry will survive the winter, so maybe 1/3 or 1/2 of the growth can come off - it will help the branches thicken and create laterals next year. I'm thinking about grafting onto pin cherry seedlings.Read field note +6
this summer I was lucky enough to collect cuttings from some rare lilacs, you... - Propagation By Cuttings, September...Sep 11, 2026 · Propagation By Cuttingsthis summer I was lucky enough to collect cuttings from some rare lilacs, you can see the small new leaves in this one which are new growth, a good sign after rooting softwood that it's healthy and building some size before going dormant next month. the one in the photo is a variegated lilac, possibly a rare variety named dappled dawn. as part of a conservation effort the accessions are being recorded and follow up photos next season of the flowers should help with a positive ID. lilacs can be propagated through cuttings they're just slow to root, the slowest of any plants I've tried at 10 weeks under mist with bottom heat for some cultivars. for the ones large enough to send out, I'll make some of the new lilac collection available in our fall sale starting this weekend in mid sept. I'm busy taking photos and counting all the plants this week to get ready.Read field note
cleaning wild plums this week. I keep some of them for jam but often they're... - Plum And Cherry Hybrids, September...Sep 10, 2026 · Plum & Cherry Hybridscleaning wild plums this week. I keep some of them for jam but often they're picked overripe and from the ground, and the best I can do is eat some and then keep all of the seed. the funny thing is that most of the fruit I collect for the nursery is from locations where it was just going to fall and become compost or food for wildlife, so I think giving every plum seed the opportunity to grow into a tree is a good result. in the case of these hard to find canada wild plums it's a conservation effort to distribute the genetics, their value in a home orchard or in the landscape is quite high to pollinate other plums, and as a great native tree overall. a net positive to eventually feed more wildlife everywhere they're planted for sure. these plums will be to help stock the nursery next spring and keep our seed shop going through the winter. if you want to grow plums. you can plant the seeds in the fall or start them in the fridge in some damp peat moss through the winter and that helps break their dormancy so that the seeds will germinate in the spring.Read field note +1