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Goumi
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Posted by goatster 7bGa (My Page) on Sat, Feb 25, 06 at 10:35
| Does anyone have a mature planting of this shrub? I know about how tall it can get 10' but what about width? Is the fruit worthy enough of the space in your opinion? |
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RE: Goumi
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| My 10-foot goumi was about 4 feet wide. We are taking it out this year, it has only served as robin food. I like the flavor but the seeds are very large relative to the fruit size. If you like tart pie cherries you will like goumi. |
RE: Goumi
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| Thanks! I have never had a pie cherry so I suppose I won't know until I try some. If all else fails I will have something for the birds. Maybe it will keep them off my blueberries. Yeah I know wishful thinking. |
RE: Goumi
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| Yup! Our blueberries are about 25 feet from the goumi and had to be caged to keep the birds out. Goumi will ripen weeks before blueberries. |
RE: Goumi
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| Robins dig the goumi, that's for sure. I don't mind the fruit myself. Its a very easy plant to grow and that's rewarding. The flowers are interesting and the fall color is nice. Definitely worth having, even if the birds get most of the fruit. |
RE: Goumi
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| My Goumi are flowering now. I have a hedge of seven of them planted about four years ago and three more planted in another part of the yard which are a year younger than the originals. I got all mine from Raintree and they are the Sweet Scarlett type. You can smell the lovely sweet scent when you get near them. I love the berries myself and so do the birds. They are too sour to eat until they are really ripe and then the flavor is wonderful. Tart, and I mean tart with a flavor unlike anything else. I just love them! |
RE: Goumi
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| I bought 3 from Burnt Ridge and they are all doing ok. I am really looking forward to trying them. Thanks for the tips on letting them get good and ripe. I did get one of the Sweet Scarlett and 2 seedlings. Do the flowers attract bees? |
RE: Goumi
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| Bumble bees and some bee look alike pollinators mostly. |
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