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This year is the year of the flowering! I’ve got many male plants that are flowering for their first time, giving me an opportunity to make these scions available! I have tons of flowers all around (male and female) so looking forward to getting a big crop this year! Plants are flowering or pushing buds. Will provide wrapped scion in ziplocs.
Clipped on Sunday and shipped on Monday.
Family: Myricaceae
Name: Myrica rubra
Common Name / Native Name: Yangmei
Range: Guangdong, Guangxi, Philippines, Korea; Mountainous regions from 300-5000 feet
Sun: Full sun/part shade
Height: 30+ feet
Width: 30 +feet
Foliage: Lanceolate, light green foliage with slight serrations
Flower: Inconspicuous racemes of small red flowers
Fruit: Large deep red to pink golf ball sized fruits with a pebbly appearance
Soil Type/ pH: Tolerates higher pH soils
USDA Climate Zones: 8b+
Cold Hardiness: Undetermined but capable of handling frosts and occasionally snow
Edibility: An incredibly delicious and highly sought after fruit. Great eaten out of hand.
Age to maturity:
5+ years
Sources:
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:585602-1
http://calmei-yangmei.com/yangmei-cultivars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrica_rubra
Care Guide:
Keep seedlings in shade for the first year and let them acclimate from winter-spring and they should be fine. Yangmei seedlings are sensitive to full sun exposure. Seedlings are ideally planted straight from 4” into the ground. The roots seem vulnerable to disturbance and I believe this contributes to mortality. Planting into the ground from 4” allows for roots to tap in and start doing what they do, which is mainly growing straight down and less so spreading fibrous roots. They can be grown in pots but it is believed by many that they do better in the ground. I would suggest potting up from 4” to 1 gallon to 5 gallon later, ensuring the roots fill each pot before transplanting.
Bullet Points:
Shade for the First year
Let plant acclimate for a couple weeks to one month
Plant 4” straight into ground or from 4” to 1 gallon to 5 gallon in preceding years
I prefer Fox Farm Ocean Forest for my seedlings & most all plant potting.
Light organic fertilization on plants.
This year is the year of the flowering! I’ve got many male plants that are flowering for their first time, giving me an opportunity to make these scions available! I have tons of flowers all around (male and female) so looking forward to getting a big crop this year! Plants are flowering or pushing buds. Will provide wrapped scion in ziplocs.
Clipped on Sunday and shipped on Monday.
Family: Myricaceae
Name: Myrica rubra
Common Name / Native Name: Yangmei
Range: Guangdong, Guangxi, Philippines, Korea; Mountainous regions from 300-5000 feet
Sun: Full sun/part shade
Height: 30+ feet
Width: 30 +feet
Foliage: Lanceolate, light green foliage with slight serrations
Flower: Inconspicuous racemes of small red flowers
Fruit: Large deep red to pink golf ball sized fruits with a pebbly appearance
Soil Type/ pH: Tolerates higher pH soils
USDA Climate Zones: 8b+
Cold Hardiness: Undetermined but capable of handling frosts and occasionally snow
Edibility: An incredibly delicious and highly sought after fruit. Great eaten out of hand.
Age to maturity:
5+ years
Sources:
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:585602-1
http://calmei-yangmei.com/yangmei-cultivars/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrica_rubra
Care Guide:
Keep seedlings in shade for the first year and let them acclimate from winter-spring and they should be fine. Yangmei seedlings are sensitive to full sun exposure. Seedlings are ideally planted straight from 4” into the ground. The roots seem vulnerable to disturbance and I believe this contributes to mortality. Planting into the ground from 4” allows for roots to tap in and start doing what they do, which is mainly growing straight down and less so spreading fibrous roots. They can be grown in pots but it is believed by many that they do better in the ground. I would suggest potting up from 4” to 1 gallon to 5 gallon later, ensuring the roots fill each pot before transplanting.
Bullet Points:
Shade for the First year
Let plant acclimate for a couple weeks to one month
Plant 4” straight into ground or from 4” to 1 gallon to 5 gallon in preceding years
I prefer Fox Farm Ocean Forest for my seedlings & most all plant potting.
Light organic fertilization on plants.