By Jennifer Huefner
Bear Lake Landscape, Inc.
Garden Center/Office Manager
Native Trees For Your
Landscape: Some Are Yum!
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| Chokecherries like this are plentiful on the Bear Lake Valley hillsides right now. |
As
the raspberry harvest comes to an end, other native fruits are just beginning.
Two of my favorites are the chokecherry and the elderberry. These are two
native trees found in the hills around Bear Lake. Both berries are great for
making jelly, syrup, and jam. Elderberry jam tastes much like grape jam with a
little more zing to it. Chokecherry syrup has been a family favorite for a
couple generations now. Not only are these trees great for producing edible
fruit, but they do well in your yard. As native trees, they will have a greater
chance of being healthy in our soils and with our weather. Other native trees
that do well here are the Rocky Mountain Maple (The one that turns a brilliant
red in the fall.), aspen, spruce, fir, and pine. Native shrubs that do well
here are the Utah serviceberry, the ninebark, apache plume, compact Oregon
grape, and curled leaf mountain mahogany. Many of these trees and shrubs are
drought tolerant once roots are established so you can lessen the amount of
water you use in your landscape.
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