
Buy Virginia Fruit Trees, Palm, Shade Tree, Grapevines, Berry Plants, Flowering Tree, Nut Tree & Bamboo Plants
The serious fruit tree growing in Virginia began with General George
Washington, when he purchased fruit trees and nut trees from a tree
nursery in Flushing, NY., and Washington had the fruit trees and nut
trees transplanted to his estate at Mount Vernon, VA., that contained
8000 acres. After President Washington retired his last time, he was
content to grow fruit, berry and nut products at his Virginia
plantation. President Thomas Jefferson was a very skilled fruit tree
grower who surveyed French fruit trees and imported them to Monticello,
Va. In exchange for the French fruit trees that the King of France had
shipped to him, he exported American native fruit trees, black
raspberries and red raspberries, muscadine grapevines, nuts from pecan
trees, black walnut trees and citrus trees to France. Based on Thomas
Jefferson's experience in successfully growing fruit trees at his
Monticello, Virginia, estate, the former President of the U.S.,imported
many European fruit trees for American colonists to promote and to
advance agriculture development in America.
Growing fruits, nuts and berries in Virginia successfully very much
depends on planting the proper tree at the proper USDA climatic zone,
mainly because Virginia farms and gardens range from the very cold
winters of zone 5a in the Virginia mountains to zone 8 in the coastal
areas. Both sweet and sour cherry trees (pie cherries) will grow well in
Virginia backyard gardens. The Bing cherry tree and the Black Tartarian
Cherry tree along with the North Star cherries are excellent sour (pie
cherry) cherries to grow. Hundreds of apple tree cultivars are well
adapted for growing in Virginia gardens, including the Red Delicious
apple tree that originated in Iowa, and the Gold Delicious apple trees
that were discovered growing in West Virginia. The Red Rome apple tree
and the Arkansas Black apple tree are very flavorful and useful in
making apple cider. The Elberta peach tree and the white, Belle of
Georgia peach trees are productive summer peach trees, and the red
nectarines (fuzzless peach) produce very tasty and a sweet and balanced
acidic fruit.Yellow gold plum trees are very fast growing, and the
yellow plum when tree ripened is one of the juiciest, sweetest tasting
plums one can grow. The purplish -blue Stanley plum tree is very cold
hardy and productive in Virginia's cold mountain areas. Several Auburn,
Alabama plums that were developed at the University at Auburn, grow on
very fast growing plum trees that are loaded with sweet red plums. The
Kieffer pear tree is very cold hardy and grows into a green -yellow pear
that has a long shelf life. The Flordahome pear tree grows into a
yellow pear fruit that is best adapted for coastal cities like Virginia
Beach, Virginia. The taste of a pear is optimized when pears are picked
off the trees and placed in the shade to soften and ripen inside the
house.Fig trees have been a favorite fruit tree for Virginia gardeners,
since the early American colonists introduced figs from Europe. The
Tennessee Mountain fig and the new introduction, Chicago Hardy Fig trees
are the most cold hardy fig trees and can be grown in all areas of
Virginia, especially the Virginia mountains. Generally the Black Mission
fig is not very cold hardy and growing this fig is restricted for
growing in coastal VA. The Japanese Green Ischau fig tree that is
invisible to birds, the Italian White fig and the many other rare fig
trees are available to buy on tytyga.com.Many other rare fruit trees
such as the Jujube, Medlar tree, native Paw Paw tree and Quince trees
will grow throughout Virginia. Pomegranate fruit trees can be grown in
some gardens that are located along the coast and Japanese Persimmon
trees, Mulberry trees, Olive tree, and Banana trees have been grown
successfully in warmer Virginia locations. The Texas Star banana tree
is very cold hardy and has survived below zero temperatures to resurface
vigorously in the spring to produce bananas in the following fall. The
Texas Star banana trees can be grown in all areas of Virginia.
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and purchase the best Shade trees that are very important to reduce
Virginia electric bills, slow down erosion and to increase the value of
real estate. Virginia Red Maple trees, White Oak trees, and the
American Elm tree are all native Virginia shade trees. The Weeping
Willow tree, Tulip Poplar trees and the Sycamore tree are all very fast
growing shade trees, and for fall yellow brilliant leaf color, you might
consider planting a Ginkgo tree, River Birch Tree or a Green Ash tree.
To produce multicolored leaves of red, yellow and purple, the Sweet Gum
tree, the Sour Wood trees and Sassafras trees are best to buy. The
Catalpa tree, not only is an excellent shade tree but a magnificent
flowering tree that grows leaves that are vigorously eaten in the summer
by worms that make good fish bait for fishermen. The evergreen
Loblolly Pine tree and the Slash Pine trees are good shade trees and
fast growing shade trees. Loblolly Pine trees are frequently planted in
long rows to form a privacy fence to block noise and automobile toxic
fumes, especially nice to plant around Washington, D.C., the Nations
Capitol. The Longleaf Pine tree grows into a huge shade tree but is
slow growing and is especially useful for growing in coastal Virginia.
The Lombardy poplar tree is an excellent VA shade tree, a fast growing
tree that has been noted to have grown as much as 10 feet after the
first year of transplanting. The Lombardy poplar tree is often planted
close together in rows for use as a privacy screen or as a windbreak.
Find Japanese Kwanzan pink and Yoshino white, Japanese Cherry
Flowering trees that are very popular Spring flowering choices
throughout Virginia and the Kwanzan and Yoshino cherry trees were
introduced into American gardens by First Lady, Helen Taft, near the
Potomac River on Potomac park in Washington DC in the year 1912. Since
that initial flowering tree planting the Japanese flowering cherry trees
have become the most important of the Flowering trees in Virginia, and
America, Redbud trees and White Dogwood flowering trees are also very
popular in the Virginia landscape. Discover the top Southern evergreen,
flowering Magnolia tree, Magnolia grandiflora, and the dwarf form
Little Gem Magnolia trees that are filled with white flowers that begin
in May and continue blooming with large white, fragrant flowers into the
fall. The Sweet Bay Magnolia tree, Magnolia virginiana, is native to
Virginia, and in summer is covered with fragrant creamy flowers. The
crape myrtle trees have become one of the favorite multicolored
flowering trees, mainly because of the many flower colors of red, pink
and white, and the new dwarf cultivars of "True Blue", "Black Diamond",
and "Purple Yuma" crape myrtle trees, that bloom true to colors of their
names. The crape myrtle tree is called a shrub when smaller than 6
feet, and can grow into a 25 foot tall flowering tree, either with
multi-trunks or a single trunk, that depends on how they were pruned.
Other popular deciduous flowering trees for Virginia, the pear tree,
peach trees and plum tree blooms in early spring, but the flowering
apricot tree is the earliest of all flowering trees. The Japanese
flowering pink saucer Magnolia trees before leafing out in the spring
are covered with giant fragrant blooms in colors of purple, white and
red, and not only are excellent Virginia flowering trees, but good shade
trees also. The Cassia senna tree begins its brilliant yellow blooming
in the fall in zone 8, when very little else produces flowers in
Virginia, except the Camellia tree. The Golden Rain Tree is filled with
gold clusters of blooms in June and the flowers are changed into
Chinese looking lantern ornaments that last into the winter. The
Oleander tree is very much prized as a 9 month display of flowers that
begins in May in bloom colors of Firestarter red, white and pink that
can grow as tall as 25 feet, and are often planted on the seashore as a
privacy screen in rows. Rare yellow oleander and purple oleander trees
are hard to find at nurseries, and the apricot colored oleander shrub
only grows as a dwarf plant not exceeding 6 feet in height.. Oleanders
are very tolerant of salt water spray, alkaline soil (low pH), growing
in full sunshine, heavy pruning, and drought resistance, just right for
growing at Virginia Beach or coast locations.
Virginia Tech University describes the American Chestnut, Castanea
dentata as formerly being the most important nut in Virginia, until it
was almost wiped out by the American chestnut blight, however, blight
resistant American chestnut trees are now available for planting and
several hybrid crosses of the Chinese chestnut tree, Castanea
mollissima, and the American chestnuts are being tested for Virginia
garden nut production.Papershell pecan trees, Carya illinoiensis, will
grow in Virginia, but the Northern Pecan tree, the hybrid papershell,
James pecan tree is very cold resistant for growing in Virginia
mountains.American Black walnut trees, Juglans nigra, are native trees
in Virginia, and the North Carolina, Cannonball walnut tree is famous
for the huge half pound walnuts. The American filbert tree is also
native to Virginia. The small filbert nut, Corylus americana, is sweet
and the small filbert nut is crunchy and delicious.The Shagbark hickory
nut tree (Carya ovata) grows hard shell nuts with a sweet tasty kernel
that has that unmistakable hickory flavor that is much stronger than the
pecan nut taste.
Grapes of many colors and kinds can be grown in Virginia. Scuppernong
grape vines and the Muscadine grape vine are both native to Virginia
Seedless grape vines of many colors, such as the Thompson white seedless
grape, Red Flame grapes and Blue Concord grapevines will grow delicious
sweet clusters of large grapes. Wine grapes grow well in Virginia
vineyards, and the presence of the abundant sugar concentration means
the wine will easily ferment into alcohol with exotic aromas.
Red Raspberry plants and black raspberry plants are native
raspberries in VA., and the red Heritage raspberry plant sometimes
produces two raspberry crops in a single year. The black Cumberland
raspberry is delicious, but not as cold hardy as the Latham red
raspberries and the Boyne red raspberry. Blueberries are native bushes
to Virginia and the Rabbiteye blueberry plants produce large clusters of
sweet blueberries in early summer in coastal Virginia blueberry
orchards. Hundreds of acres of Rabbiteye blueberry plants have been
commercially established in the Southern States.Both thorny blackberry
plants and commercial thornless blackberries are being planted in
extensive organic pick-you-own blackberry orchards in coastal and
central Virginia. The sale of blackberries rivals the sale and
production of raspberries, and the many new hybrid thornless blackberry
plants that were developed and introduced from the University of
Arkansas researchers are now being planted in pick-your-own operations
and also in hundreds of acres to supply the large commercial demand for
fresh berries at the super markets.
For those bird watchers, hunters and lovers of wildlife animals, the preservation of permanent food sources is important to keep our animals in exceptional health. The Kieffer pear tree grows hard pears and like the American persimmon trees ripen the pears and persimmons in the fall as the fruit begins to slowly ripen it emits a pungent aroma with a scent that will draw that trophy deer. The Chickasaw plum trees, the red mulberry trees and the wild crabapple trees load up with abundant fruit during the growing season. The seedling pecan, the hickory nut trees and the Chinese chestnut trees drop their slow ripening nuts during the winter to intermittently provide food for wildlife animals like racoons, possum and birds. The Elderberry trees, Autumn olive trees and strawberry bushes are excellent seasonal attractants and feeders of wildlife animals. Dewberry vines and thorny blackberry bushes grow on row crop field edges and protect the small animals and birds from feeding predators, and berries are abundantly clustered for feeding the wildlife animals. The sawtooth oak tree is an early producer of acorns, and the white oak tree and the Gobbler oak trees produce lots of grazing food for deer and game birds.
Palm trees are located throughout Virginia, and cold hardy Windmill
palm trees can be planted even in Virginia mountains. Needle palm trees
are native to the United States and Needle palms are also cold tolerant
in all USDA climate map zones.
In Virginia bamboo plants are planted
to grow as a fast growing privacy screen from Norfolk and Danville in
Southern Virginia to Alexandria in Northern Virginia. Bamboo plants
are very cold hardy and will easily survive temperatures of 20 F.
below zero and the heavy snows and ice of the year, 2014. The rapid
emergence of the culm (stem, pole stalk) from the ground in the
spring provides dense clumps of a living privacy barrier that blocks
noise and filters the carbon dioxide from the polluted air exhausts
of automobiles, and converts it to breathable Oxygen that refreshes
the atmosphere. The bamboo stems are very attractively colored,
black-green, blue or yellow with variegation often appearing in the
stems and the leaves. The Virginia bamboo plant clumps grow well in
full sun or partial shade and thrive in a well drained organic-based
soil with adequate moisture. The bamboo plants are very salt water
tolerant and flourish when planted as a wind breaker along the
Atlantic coastal beaches near Virginia Beach, VA with bamboo hedges
grown on the ocean side to protect the cottages from storms and
hurricanes during coastal beach erosion. Fast shipment of boxed
bamboo plants can be delivered right to your house and shipped
immediately most any day of the year from Ty Ty Bamboo Nursery, tytyga.com.
For gardeners and lovers of plants in Virginia, Yucca trees, Aloe plants and Agave plants are maintenance free, requiring little or no care, no fertilizer, and these desert plants are repositories and storehouses of water. The American native Century Plant, Agave americana 'Marginata' plant , and the Yucca filamentosa 'Color Guard' tree are stunning variegated plants when planted as specimens in the out of doors as landscape plants. The Red Yucca plant, Hesperaloe parviflora, forms orange flowers on a 3 foot flower spike in the summer and in the winter the leaves turn red. The Joshua Tree, Yucca brevifolia, is very cold hardy in all VA climate zones as an evergreen unearthly shape that can live thousands of years old with a root spread of 36 feet, and is also called, the 'Yucca Palm Tree'. The Yucca rostrata is cold hardy with thin straight leaves, drought resistant and forms an elegant trunk. The Agave attenuata has no thorny teeth on the edges of the leaves and not sharp spike at the tip of the leaf. The Agave vilmoriniana 'Octopus' has long leaves that are fleshy, thick and re-curve like the tentacles of an octopus. The Agave tequilana has very thick fleshy leaves that contain a juice that is sweet and ferments into the alcohol drink, tequila. The 'Spineless Agave', Agave attenuata, grows into a beautiful soft leaf specimen. The spotted leaves of the Aloe very are striking and the juice of the fleshy leaves is used for first aid applications that heal stings and bites of honeybees, hornets and yellow jackets. The Aloe vera leaf liquid also will heal severe burns of the flesh and skin wounds.