Charlotte, NC – Spring is just around the corner, and Mecklenburg County 4-H is taking orders for various berry plants, fruit trees, and flowering trees and shrubs. The deadline to order is February 28.  All proceeds directly support Mecklenburg youth and teens attending summer camps and leadership programs. Plants offered this year:

• Blueberries: Tifblue, Premier, and Climax
• Blackberries: Ouachita and Apache
• Muscadines: Cowart and Doreen
  
  Above varieties $8 each ($7 each if ordered ten or more)
• Fig trees: Brown Turkey and Celeste, $15 each.
• Apple trees:  Red Delicious, Yellow Delicious, Stayman, $12 each
• Pear Trees:  Keiffer, Bartlett, Moonglow, $12 each
• Cherry Trees:  Kwanza, Yoshina, $18 each
• Red, Pink, and Kousa White English Dogwoods:  $15 each
• Red, White, Purple, and Pink Crape Myrtles:  $10 each
• Forsythia Shrubs:  $8 each
• Blue Hydrangea Shrubs:  $12 each

Blueberry, blackberry and muscadine plants are sold in one-gallon containers and are three years old.  All fruit trees, flower trees and flower shrubs are sold bare root.  Fig trees, Dogwood trees, Crape Myrtles and Forsythia shrubs are 2-3 feet tall.  Cherry trees are 4-5 feet tall.  Apple and Pear trees are 5-6 feet tall.  Hydrangea shrubs are 12-18 inches tall.   

Blueberry bushes must be planted with other varieties to produce fruit.  Blackberry plants are thornless, erect-erect growing varieties and do not need a trellis.  Muscadine vines are self-fertile varieties and need a trellis. 

Order online at www.ces.ncsu.edu/mecklenburg/plants or call the 4-H office weekdays 8am–5pm: 704-336-2082.   More detailed information on specific varieties available on the website. Buyers will receive a confirmation by mail.  Plants will be available for pick up March 7 and 8 at the Cooperative Extension/4-H Office, 1418 Armory Drive.