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Weeping Santa Rosa Plum [An Ugly Duckling Fruit Tree]

Weeping Santa Rosa Plum [An Ugly Duckling Fruit Tree]

Buying Bareroot About five years ago, I purchased two fruit trees, a Weeping Santa Rosa Plum and an Ultra Dwarf Blenheim Apricot tree at OSH on clearance at the end of bare root season. Discounted plants are rarely worth the trouble and I probably should not have wasted any money on it, but I am really glad I did. In a weird way, I kind of enjoy taking the risk. And a few of my favorite plants have been clearance…

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How to Prune Bababerries and other Everbearing Raspberry Plants

How to Prune Bababerries and other Everbearing Raspberry Plants

The past couple of years I have been received lots of questions via email regarding how to prune Bababerry plants, a variety of everbearing raspberry that grows well in Southern California and other low chill – warm climates.  Managing Baba raspberries is much the same as any other everbearing or fall bearing raspberry variety.  Most folks are able to pick fruit the first year they buy and plant an everbearing raspberry, including Baba. That is not the case on summer bearing…

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