Sweet Scarlet Goumi Plants are a nitrogen fixing and edible plant. Rooted Sweet Scarlet Goumi Plants for Sale at Great Escape Nursery.
Sweet Scarlet Goumi Plant Information
Sweet Scarlet Goumi fruit is larger than Red Gem, but smaller than Carmine. It has a sweet tart flavor and ripens in mid-summer. It grows 6-8 feet tall and is self-fertile. Red Gem and Sweet Scarlet are nearly identical in most respects, but Sweet Scarlet may offer slightly larger and sweeter fruit, and both extend the harvest season when grown together. Some say that Sweet Scarlet and Red Gem together will improve cross pollination, but my Sweet Scarlet produce more fruit than I can eat without cross pollination.
The shurbs are self-fertile and produce fragrant creamy white flowers in May followed by tasty (and nutritious) little red berries the size of small pie cherries in late June. Goumi plants have olive shaped leaves with silvery under tones in addition to red wood.
Sweet Scarlet Goumi is a hardy plant and therefore is not bothered by pests or diseases. Goumi shrubs begin bearing 2 to 3 years after planting and are very drought and wind resistant. Care should be taken as birds love the fruit from the shrub.
Goumis’ are filled with vitamins A and E and contain more of the nutrient lycopene than tomatoes. Fruit from the plant has a sweet-tart flavor. Goumi can be eaten fresh with other fruit or green salads, and juiced or made into jellies and jams. They are also used for making wine and fruit leather.
Goumi seed is edible, and contains a high amount of protein. A couple of authors claim the seed tastes like a peanut.
Plant Specifications
These plants are hardy in USDA zones 4-8 ant at full maturity grow to 4-8ft tall and wide. Goumi is a deciduous small shrub that likes a well-drained site with at least a half-day of sun. It is suitable for light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil.
Sweet Scarlet Goumi (Elaeagnus multiflora)
This variety is Ukranian in origin.
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