Black Cherry Tree ✿ Prunus serotina
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- In this video, I'll be talking about our native black cherry tree aka Prunus serotina. It's a keystone species in a genus that is second only to our native oaks! It hosts hundreds of moths and butterflies. As you'll see in the video, the blooms on this tree are also wonderful for pollinators. Small butterflies and bees are attracted to the white blooms. I am also growing mine for shade, and it's already providing a small amount of shade on the West side of my garden. I've planted some lovely native woodland plants underneath it.
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My native cherry is more of a messy thicket-forming shrub (Prunus emarginata)... I still want one but I haven't planted it yet, I'm thinking this fall. It can get very confusing when reading online, trying to figure out what these native Prunus need; first I read a bunch of articles saying that they were riparian plants, and needed moist soil; but then I saw a video of someone looking at a bunch of Prunus emarginata in the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles (pretty dry area) so they will probably survive my summer dry upland situation in Oregon. Your species sounds very adaptable as well!
Yes, I'm on a hill and August and September can get extremely dry. The rest of the year we get good rain. :) So far, it's loving this spot, but I put a rain garden right above it, too, so it also gets runoff from the trench I dug in my side garden. I love trying to see what will grow where and what ways I can have water move about the property. Hard work, but worth the effort. :) These cherry trees I have seem to handle lots of conditions. I find them popping up in shade all the time, but they tend to look better in the full sun with room to grow.
What a coincidence that you release a video on the Black Cherry - just two days ago I was playing with the idea of trying to cram a Black Cherry in between my two Pawpaws. I've had a tinge of remorse about planting them in our small front yard because - two years ago - I cut down a Silver Maple (or at least what I believe was) to do it. This was all before I knew anything about native plants and I wanted to plant the Pawpaws because I thought they were cool, uncommon, and I had never tried the fruit before.
I'm also hesitant about adding a large tree into the mix because I've converted the front yard into a prairie-type landscape (and went to great lengths to do so, in no small part to ending up under a HOA) so I don't know how my space will react as it matures and the tree matures. However, I really want to do as much as I can with my small space and I'm definitely aware of a tree's benefits. It's a tough call to make!
I relate to what you're saying. A garden is a living thing, and it's up to you how you want it to evolve over time. I made the conscious decision that I wanted my garden to gradually get shadier and shadier over time. As this happens, I add more shade tolerant things. In the meantime I have a gorgeous prairie-like garden. I think of it as stages of life. These are the young and early days of my garden, and I am sensitive to heat, so as our planet gets warmer and warmer and summers get more and more brutal (especially my particular micro-climate), I need the shade cover for my own enjoyment of being outside. I notice the huge difference that the shade makes, but yes, it is an exchange of sorts. The gardener must adapt if the gardener wants to change the garden to a new form. So when you watch my channel, keep in mind I am progressing from prairie, to savannah, to open woodland, and some day probably fully woodland. I'm lucky in that I do love and cherish shade plants, so as I get more shade, I'll be excited to add more of them. You get to decide what you want. I also have more sunny zones under powerlines, as I don't add large trees under those. So you can have different areas, depending on how much room you have. Spend some time in different gardens and natural areas and see what environments you love best. I love shrubby and wooded areas a lot, but I also don't like woods that have no under-story. So I'm always thinking of how I can incorporate all the layers from ground covers, to shrubs, to vines, and to trees. I like an enclosed and private feel, and I like hidden little corners and destinations. So that means the prairie type isn't my favorite when it comes to how I personally feel comfortable. But in the meantime, it is gorgeous and wonderful for our wildlife that uses a prairie! ☺
@@awildapproach I appreciate your insight and you make very good points, as usual. Shade - if it isn't already - will become an incredibly important resource as the Urban Heat Island effect intensifies.
Until I can join my HOA's board, I do think that my front yard's landscaping is firm as landscaping requests have to be approved - it was a lot of work to get them to talk to me about it, let alone approve it. I don't think they realize what they got themselves into and I'm sure I've solidified myself as the weird neighbor 😅 Best believe I'll be doing my best to get in there, though! If only I had the foresight that I would've become such a huge plant nerd before we bought this house - we could've probably moved into a space in the Knoxville area with more land and most preferably without a HOA 😅
@embrustzwei It would be great if we could get some legislation regarding what HOAs can restrict, particularly when it comes to climate/earth friendly landscaping.
@@Hayley-sl9lm yes, some hoa's even have those types of exemptions, but it depends on what HOA you are in. They are all different. Trying to be a part of the HOA is a smart idea if you already live in that type of community.
I have a volunteer black cherry tree
Wonderful! I love these trees so much. It's funny, after I planted one, now I see volunteers on my property edges. :)
What about the Eastern Tent Caterpillars? They seem to be everywhere right now and they host on prunus.
I had some similar ones on my elderberry and I just let them be. :) It's a wildlife garden after all.