Planting Berries

Along with the Serviceberry and Jostaberry, I have been on a perennial berry planting kick this past week or so.

I planted a Consort Black Currant aka Ribes nigrum ‘Consort’

A nice hardy fruit good down to –40F and USDA zones 3-7.

On a whim, I bought a boysenberry at home depot in the bargain section. It appears I have planted a stick. I hope it grows vigorously like my raspberry which was also just a small stick when I planted it. A boysenberry is a cross between a raspberry, blackberry, dewberry, and a loganberry. I can’t wait to taste one.

I planted it with a lot of finished compost and mulched it heavily with wood chips. I also made sure to plant it far away from my raspberries.

Next to the boysenberry at home depot was a gooseberry. It was cheap, so I bought one. To my surprise there was two plants in the box! Win! I planted them both with finished compost and lots of mulch. I am hopeful they will both grow.