Osteomeles schwerinae
| Osteomeles schwerinae | |
| Light: |  |
| Moisture: |   |
| Hardiness: | 8 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 7' |
| Width: | 10' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Edible Rating: |  |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Osteomeles schwerinae
Propagation: The seed requires a period of cold stratification and can be sown in late autumn in a cold frame[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 5 - 8cm with a heel, July/August in a frame. Pot up in the autumn and overwinter in a greenhouse. Fair to good percentage[2].
Layering.
Cultivation: Succeeds a sheltered position in full sun in any fertile well-drained soil[3][4][5].
Plants usually require protection outside the mildest areas of Britain[6], they are hardy to about -5°c, though the sub-species O. schwerinii microphylla. Rehder.&Wils. is hardier, to about -10°c[7]. This sub-species is often mistakenly sold under the name O. subrotunda[8]. They can be grown on a sunny wall[6].
Seed is seldom set in Britain[8].
Range: E. Asia - W. China in Yunnan and W. Sichuan.
Habitat: By streams and in hot dry river valleys, 350 - 2000 metres[9][1]. Among shrubs, slopes, fields, roadsides and mixed forests at elevations of 1500 - 3000 metres[10].
Edibility: Fruit - raw or cooked[11]. The white fruit has a sweet flavour[12]. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter[1].
Pollinators: Insects
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Drainage: Prefers well drained soil.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Seed Ripens: Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Also Known As: O. anthyllidifolia. non Lindl.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Sheat, Wilfrid. Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers. St Martin, 1948.
- ↑ Taylor, Jane. The Milder Garden. Dent, 1990.
- ↑ Thomas, Graham. Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos. Murray, 1992.
- ↑ Brickell, Christopher. The RHS Gardener's Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers. Dorling Kindersley Publishers, 1990.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix. Shrubs. Pan Books, 1989.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Grey-Wilson, Christopher and Victoria Matthews. Gardening on Walls. Collins, 1983.
- ↑ Wilson, Ernest and Charles Sargent. Plantae Wilsonianae.
- ↑ Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.