I can give you some help with the beach plum (Prunus maritima) part of your question. This is a subject that I know well and look forward to a book that is being written about the history of and those who have hybridized it. First you should know that beach plums do not set fruit consistently year after year. This has frustrated growers through the years as it is not a dependable crop. There is now a renewed interest in BP's and it is becoming more available in catalogs for the home gardener. Grown inland away from the ocean it forms a pleasing bush shape about 5' high and wide. Those living along the New England coast know it to be a fairly low, wind tossed bush with a major rooting system that often is the 'glue' that hold sand dunes together. As part of a research project we once dug a dune growing BP to study its root structure. Gave up after three days of digging as we never did find the root termination. If you do grow your BP in a container it should be a large one with good drainage set on bricks. Every second year I would probably dig it when dormant and trim the extensive root system. It is a thirsty but very tough shrub as I have found over the years of raising seedlings. Do a search for 'growing beach plums' which may be of further help.

Erica, I might have some Shallon berries some time soon (we call it Salal :) very yummy!) Right now, Oregon grape is ready but I don't know if it will grow in 9A. We have plenty of Himalayan blackberries here, they are extremely invasive in Oregon (on par with English Ivy). To marbles_n_the_garden, we traded some time ago and I didn't have enough Salal and Oregon Grape berries (they were out of season and eaten by birds by that time). If you didn't grow anything from what I sent back then, I can resend them to you if you still need them.

Correction. that website is not in the US per my search parameters. Might want to check Sakumabros.com. They have a listing for Loganberries that doesnt state thornless. might send them an email and see what type they are selling. Tracked down the previous site and they changed from the original thorny to thornless logans. Trees of antiquity they are called. was going to pick up some this spring but it looks like ill have to find another supplier.

Globe drinks cabinets are not antique....never were...unless you call 1940 antique.....and even then they are rare. What may be antique is an old floor globe.....then some time in the nor so distant past, someone got the idea to hide a bar in the globe and put that in an office or den so the "bar" would not be so obvious.\ If you are looking for an attractive way to hide a bar....think of an antique tantalus. Here is a link that might be useful: tantalus