![]() My bushes stay very small and I might get one handful of fruit from them. Other people around here are happy with their honeyberries. It should be used more as a ground cover around here except for the not liking any competition from weeds. The "vines" ramble out into the surrounding mulch. I grow them in low plastic tubs to keep the soil mix separate from my garden soil. I followed the advice on Edible Landscaping website about soil mix for them. The fruit taste more like a wild plum than a cherry except right before they fall off the bush. ![]() They are very cute when in bloom, like miniature fruit trees. It never kills the bush but the fruit will be oddly shaped. Some bush cherries do okay, they suffer from brown rots and some sort of virus down here. Kinda like a cherry mixed with cranberry. The flavor isn't everybodies favorite but I love them. Bushes get kinda big and when they have fruit they have a ton of fruit. Lots of rambling around with very tiny berries that taste a lot like kerosene. They stay alive but give very little fruit (which are very sour and harsh tasting). I bought my plants at Edible Landscaping in Afton VA (about 4.5 hours north of Raleigh). 'Pilgrim' grows the best for me but it has the smallest berries. They also don't like weeds and they can be difficult to keep weeded. ![]() You don't have to keep cranberries wet, they'll grow in normal garden moisture but they have to have very acid soil. ![]() I can't get Lingonberries to make it though. I'm in Raleigh NC and I grow Cranberry without any special treatment. ![]()
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