Blackberry
Blackberries (Rubus canadensis) are amazing to eat fresh from the bush or made into jams or pies.
Fruit that can be sweet or sour? Well, depending on the variety, gooseberries (Ribes sp.) can either be beautifully sweet or cause your lips to pucker up (great if you’re practicing for the kissing booth!). The sour varieties are best cooked in pies, crumbles or jams while the sweet ones can be eaten straight from the bush (look for ‘Captivator’ and pick when fully ripe).
They won’t grow in all areas though – these small bushes (up to 1.5m tall and wide), are best suited to cool to cold climates. Buy them as cuttings or bare rooted plants. Treat them well and you can normally expect fruit after a couple of years.
Prune in winter to an open vase shape. Choose 3-4 of the strongest branches and cut them back by half. This is important as fruit is borne on wood at least 1-3 years old.
Blackberries (Rubus canadensis) are amazing to eat fresh from the bush or made into jams or pies.
Blueberries are ideal fruiting plants for the home garden with their prune-able size habit, they are small enough to fit into any garden.
What do you get when you cross a raspberry and a blackberry? The best of a both worlds - a loganberry!
Hard to find, but easy to grow and an absolute delight to eat, mulberries (Morus spp.) deserve a spot in your garden.
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