Berry Bushes that do well here

MSA

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 12, 2015
Posts
2,249
Likes
805
Points
498
Location
Minot
I've got a huge Raspberry patch, working on goose berries, what other berry varieties do well in ND?
 


guywhofishes

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 21, 2015
Posts
30,451
Likes
9,603
Points
1,133
Location
Faaargo, ND
Honeyberries, aka haskaps. The undisputed king of the berries (for me anyway - as a jam).

Their flowers must contain some sort of antifreeze, because they flower and set fruit this year even though it froze a couple times mid flower season. They're always the first bush to flower, followed in a week or two by Juneberries and sour cherries.

I love currant jelly too... but picking currants is an even bigger PITA than harvesting honeyberries. I planted red currants but gave up on harvesting them.

I bought some Wyoming raspberries that grow like vines. Bought them from this guy:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G6uQnaZT8/

The Wyoming raspberries don't spread - which is nice for my spot where I planted them. This will be my first year eating them - hope they're good.

Our Juneberries are doing really well too. They're easy to grow too - and they spread naturally.

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


risingsun

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Oct 19, 2015
Posts
2,598
Likes
1,262
Points
523
Honeyberries, aka haskaps. The undisputed king of the berries (for me anyway - as a jam).

Their flowers must contain some sort of antifreeze, because they flower and set fruit this year even though it froze a couple times mid flower season. They're always the first bush to flower, followed in a week or two by Juneberries and sour cherries.

I love currant jelly too... but picking currants is an even bigger PITA than harvesting honeyberries. I planted red currants but gave up on harvesting them.

I bought some Wyoming raspberries that grow like vines. Bought them from this guy:
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G6uQnaZT8/

The Wyoming raspberries don't spread - which is nice for my spot where I planted them. This will be my first year eating them - hope they're good.

Our Juneberries are doing really well too. They're easy to grow too - and they spread naturally.

You're gonna want to net Juneberries or Honeyberries if you live along a river corridor with birds. Coons can raise hell too. PITA.
Dats berry informative. (y)
 

KDM

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 20, 2015
Posts
10,153
Likes
3,670
Points
863
Location
Valley City
Aronia or Chokeberry. Planted 25 or so bushes 10 years ago and they are going strong today. The berries aren't real sweet, but we make juice out of them and the health benefits are above average.
 

guywhofishes

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 21, 2015
Posts
30,451
Likes
9,603
Points
1,133
Location
Faaargo, ND
1782857790223.png

Wyoming raspberries- touching the soffit soon
 




Zogman

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
Apr 20, 2015
Posts
5,582
Likes
3,192
Points
833
Location
NW Angle, MN and Grand Forks, ND
"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. :ROFLMAO:
 

Lycanthrope

Founding Member
Founding Member
Joined
May 6, 2015
Posts
7,373
Likes
2,650
Points
758
Location
Bismarck
canadian sour cherries are good but they will sucker. Carmine Jewel and Juliet are the best ones ive gotten fruit from so far, but I have high hopes for Cupid and Sweet Thing also. If you dont want to deal with suckers, buy a grafted Evans/Bali sour cherry, they stay compact and produce a ton of fruit. Dont get Montmorency IMO, those trees get HUGE.

Haskap obviously are great.

Juneberries are really popular but will also sucker a bit but not like the Canadian sour cherries.

Black currants are easy to grow and often dont need to be netted, but SWD will get into them if you dont spray sometimes. I like Ben Hope variety the best so far, but belaruskaja is also good and gets noticably sweeter for fresh eating. Also Ben Sarek is pretty good.

Pink Champagne currants are ok. I like Clove Currants also.

Raspberries, which you already have do well.

ARonia/chokeberry are ok, high in antis but they are pretty tart, similar to chokecherry, but without the pit and maybe dont taste quite as good, but they are easier to process IMO.

Grapes arent too hard to grow, but you need to build a trellis/support for them.
 

Recent Posts

Friends of NDA

Top Posters of the Month

  • This month: 2
  • This month: 1
  • This month: 1
  • This month: 1
  • This month: 1
  • This month: 1
Top Bottom