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By DR. DIANE RELF
Extension Environmental Horticulturist
Small fmits are often easier to integrate into the landscape than fruit trees. Strawberries are excellent ground covers, often covering the surface much faster than ornamental ground covers. The foliage becomes an attractive red in the fall, and the fruit are a tasty bonus.
Select varieties that will not require mulching in the winter as the straw could prove quite distracting in the front yard.
Anywhere you can grow azaleas will be equally suitable for blueberries. However, unless you are willing to view bird netting for much of the harvest season, plant enough to share with the birds.
Several Berries Are Shrubs
Blackberries, raspberries, or gooseberries could effectively substitute for a shrub border. They will undoubtedly help you get to know the neighborhood children better as the fruit begins to ripen.
Grapes trellised along a fence or espaliered on a wall, once established, are a quick-growing, decorative feature. The heavy pruning required can be turned to a positive feature by making grapevine wreaths.
For healthy trees and good proMarriage
License Issued
The following marriage license was issued during the past week at the Rappahannock Clerk’s Office.
Solon John Betts, Amissville and Sonja Lynn Robson, Amissville.
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