[NAFEX] Clove Currant
lee reich
lreich at hvc.rr.com
Wed Apr 6 14:52:35 EDT 2005
Unfortunately, you just have to try some from a few nurseries to find
the best ones. I would plant two just to make sure about pollination;
even if some do not absolutely need it, it may boost fruit size and
yield (as it does with blueberries). I have rooted them from cuttings
but usually just dig up one of the plants growing from the spreading
roots. I once grew them in suburban Maryland, just outside D.C. They're
native from Texas to Minnesota so can tolerate a wide range of
climates. Only the blossoms are fragrant, deliciously so.
Lee Reich, PhD
www.leereich.com
On Apr 6, 2005, at 12:05 AM, Regina Kreger wrote:
> I'm interested in planting some Clove Currants. They sound wonderful!
> Fruit, flavor, fragrance, flowers, fall foliage, ffffff.... But I'm a
> bit confused. Lee Reich, are you out there? In your book, you say
> they need cross-pollination. But also that it's hard to find any
> improved cultivars, and even what's sold as Crandall might be
> seedlings and variable quality. How to find two or more good ones? If
> I were able to find two good cultivars (say... from someone on this
> list?), do they root from cuttings? Could we propagate them some
> other way? Will they thrive in my hot humid D.C. suburban summers? I
> could spare some part shade, but for the fragrance ideal would be
> right in the full sun at the base of the back porch. Are they fragrant
> only when in bloom, or is the whole plant fragrant?
>
> Yum, yum, yum.
>
>
> Regina in Riverdale, Maryland, Zone 7
> Novice fruit explorer
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