Berry Bushes that do well here

[Jiffy]

Your brussel sprouts look like they have a little chemical damage.

It’s a new variety

 

[Lycanthrope]

My golden currants grew well but are very hit or miss with berries, the black currants do much better. The already mentioned aronia berries, birds don't even seem to eat them and about can't give them away but grow very well. Chokecherries and Juneberries are classics but as mentioned the birds get my juneberries before i can most of the time, same with nanking cherries. Sand cherries did really well for me this last planting and i didn't mind the taste. I also have elderberries that are growing well but haven't eaten any yet, same with my nannyberry shrubs. Hardy cranberries grew well for me but boy are they tart, not sure how much sugar i would need to make them edible but it's a lot. Birds didn't seem to eat them either. I've also had the riverbank grapes do very well, they don't taste bad either.

Not a berry but i have russian almonds planted that grow very well and have nice pink/white flowers in spring. They sucker though and produce almonds that i haven't tried to eat yet because they can be bitter and contain cyanide.

My aronia hang on the bushes, often turning into raisins essentially, until we get some significant snow on the ground, then they all disappear quite quickly. I think at that point pheasant/grouse go after them. One year a whole 300ft row of berries disappeared in just a week or two in early winter.

 

[Tymurrey]

My aronia hang on the bushes, often turning into raisins essentially, until we get some significant snow on the ground, then they all disappear quite quickly. I think at that point pheasant/grouse go after them. One year a whole 300ft row of berries disappeared in just a week or two in early winter.

I don't see a lot of winter use on the berries but maybe i just don't notice as much. I planted some redosier dogwood for winter berries for the birds. I figured the sand cherries would get hit hard by the birds but last year they didn't seem to get pressured to much. Maybe I just have more berries than the birds can eat.

Did you have a terrible spring for tent caterpillars like i did. I went through a lot of spray this spring. Also do you have any experience with the russian almonds and if good for anything.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

When I was a Lad, we had some berry trees when the folks planted a new shelterbelt. Some of them had a black berry but I don't remember the name, (too many strokes).

 

[guywhofishes]

"You're gonna want to net Juneberries or Honeyberries if you live along a river corridor with birds. Coons can raise hell too. PITA."

I have a really nice Benelli 20 gauge Montifeltro you can borrow. You may want custom black camo also.

I got better things to do with my time. They have reinforcements without end.

Don't ask me how I know this.