Berry Bushes that do well here

[MSA]

I've got a huge Raspberry patch, working on goose berries, what other berry varieties do well in ND?

 

[camper]

I've got a huge Raspberry patch, working on goose berries, what other berry varieties do well in ND?

Dingle.

 

[Trapper62]

Currants do great!

 

[guywhofishes]

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.

 

[MSA]

Dingle.

I got a big patch of those too, but they taste like shit

 

[risingsun]

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.

 

[KDM]

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.

 

[tikkalover]

Until you mix in the Ever Clear, then it’s not healthy juice it’s just fun juice.

 

[guywhofishes]

Wyoming raspberries- touching the soffit soon

 

[Jiffy]

 

[Sluggo]

I remember eating Nanking cherries when I was a young lad. They were pretty tasty.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Be careful , the village idiot will be a monkey on your back for that. But then again, he doesn't carry much credibility, if any at all.

 

[Davy Crockett]

Wyoming raspberries- touching the soffit soon

WOW , they grow like hopps.

 

[lunkerslayer]

Wild plums

 

[Davy Crockett]

Anything native to the area thrives .

 

[Zogman]

"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.

 

[Lycanthrope]

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.

 

[tikkalover]

You’re brussel sprouts look like they have a little chemical damage.

 

[ktm450]

i had golden and black current planted and that crew fast and into a nice hedge, produces lots and was tasty.

downfall is all the suckers that it grew. i had it growing where i didnt want. i ended up ripping it out beings the amur maple hedge took over. gonna plant a couple oak trees in its place.

 

[Tymurrey]

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.