North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

[mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>]

Planted Goumis from 3 different places & they all died after 4-5
years.  Never got any flowering/fruit.  At some point I'll probably
try more in a different location as I was assuming they died because I
had them planted in an area with bad drainage ....

~mIEKAL

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:02 PM, John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I grew goumi here in zone 5 for several years before losing the tree to a 
> late spring freeze after it had leafed out.  My attempts to purchase an 
> additional goumi from multiple vendors in the Pacific NW all resulted in 
> being sent Autumn Olive trees mis-identified as goumi.  I have given up for 
> the moment, although I did enjoy the fruit from the original tree.
>
> John
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 6/23/11, Michele Stanton <6ducks@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Michele Stanton <6ducks@gmail.com>
> Subject: [NAFEX] goumi and other minor fruits
> To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 8:09 PM
>
> Are any of you growing goumi (Elaeagnus multiflora)?
>
>
>
> Michele in SW Ohio z6