{"product_id":"oemlaria-cerasiformus-indiam","title":"Oemlaria cerasiformus (Indiam)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndian Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)\u003c\/strong\u003e, also called Osoberry, is the first woody shrub to bloom in the Pacific Northwest each year. Often flowering in late February, when little else is in bloom. Small fragrant greenish-white flowers hang in drooping clusters along the branch tips before the leaves emerge fully, releasing a watermelon-rind scent and providing a critical first meal for queen bumblebees waking from overwintering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn summer, female plants produce small bluish-purple plum-like drupes. Eaten by robins, thrushes, cedar waxwings, grosbeaks, and foxes. The dense suckering thicket form provides excellent bird-nesting cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMakah, Quinault, Nitinaht, Cowlitz, Lummi, Samish, Saanich, Skagit, Snohomish, Swinomish, Squaxin, Kwakiutl, Kitasoo, Shasta, Karok, and Thompson peoples used Indian Plum for food (the fruit eaten fresh), medicine (bark and leaves as analgesic, laxative, tuberculosis remedy), and material culture (the stems as fasteners).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal-friendly\u003c\/strong\u003e in protected sites along the Oregon coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote on deer:\u003c\/strong\u003e young shoots are palatable to deer. Plants usually survive and resprout but protection while establishing helps.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassic PNW companion with Salal, Sword Fern, Vine Maple, Red-Flowering Currant, and Nootka Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Misc.","offer_id":43999685378136,"sku":"01104123","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/dragonflyfarmlanglois.com\/products\/oemlaria-cerasiformus-indiam","provider":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}