I heard it can spread. Mines in a large pot last year got decent crop from a smaller pot. Hopefully this year will be the same. Love them mashed though soup is good too.
Thanks for the soup idea. We have generally had them mashed before or roasted. I think I would definitely recommend a pot. That's what I would have used if they hadn't been there already!
I've had it since last year, I guess it's about 3 years old and it has some small fruitlets this spring. Do you have other blueberries? Although they say they are self fertile, they tend to produce better crops when they cross pollinate too. Good luck with getting fruit.
I don't know about unusual but I grow melon every year. Many people seem surprised that you can grow them in this country, especially outside. I grow them in home made cloches - 6mtr x 1mtr, using hoops and 500 grade clear plastic. Minnisota Midget are the most prolific, getting around 8-10 per plant. Small (one is enough for two starters) but very sweet and juicy. This year I am trying Ananas and Schoons Hard Shell for a change. At the moment they are galloping away.
More of a weed than a deliberate planting choice but Gaultheria shallon produces small black blueberry-like fruit which makes an incredible jelly. I have never tasted anything quite so sweet. Apparently it was used by Native Americans as an appetite suppressant. I also have Gaultheria mucronata growing wild which produces edible pink berries. I haven't tried making jelly from them yet but will do this year just for the novelty. The birds seem to leave them until very late in the winter but I have sampled them earlier and they are quite edible.
There is a Chinese Flowering Quince in the garden which I think is Chaenomeles speciosa but might be a hybrid with Chaenomeles cathayensis as it has white flowers and larger fruit. Makes quince jelly, cheese and fruit leather just like a true quince. It has strong thorny stems and would make a great hedge.
Nice web page, there's a couple I hadn't heard of and may try next year.
I have Gaultheria procumbens, which produces berries and leaves that taste of root beer. It looks nice!
I have two royal medlar trees. The fruit are quite tasty as long as you let them fully blet. They make a nice jam or jelly, depending on how well you strain the mix. And the trees are rather attractive when in leaf.
I have a quince, Cydonia oblonga, which has yet to produce fruit. My mum's produced loads, and they were very tasty and smelt heavenly.
I grow root parsley, which is quite nice. It has a faint parsley flavour, and needs more cooking than parsnip to soften it. And the leaves are edible too but a bit strongly flavoured for me.
There is a Japanese flowering quince planted by the previous home owner, and the fruit make a nice lemony 'sludge', or compote to be posh, to be spread on cheescake for example.
The herb garden includes winter savory which is interesting, and quite savoury!
And I have chillis, Capsicum chinense is my favourite genus. I had a Capsicum pubescens for 7-10 years until I killed it, which produced round fruity pods.
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I heard it can spread. Mines in a large pot last year got decent crop from a smaller pot. Hopefully this year will be the same. Love them mashed though soup is good too.
Thanks for the soup idea. We have generally had them mashed before or roasted. I think I would definitely recommend a pot. That's what I would have used if they hadn't been there already!
Dogwooddays
How long have you had your pink blueberry? I've had one for 3 years and it hasn't fruited yet?
I've had it since last year, I guess it's about 3 years old and it has some small fruitlets this spring. Do you have other blueberries? Although they say they are self fertile, they tend to produce better crops when they cross pollinate too. Good luck with getting fruit.
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artichoke in pots didnt think of that, worth having a go my lot love um roasted with garlic n herbs
Dogwooddays
I don't have any flowers on the pink blueberry,perhaps I'll have some next year judging that your's is 3 years old.Mine was small when I had it
Sounds like fruit will come in a year or so. Good luck :-)
I don't know about unusual but I grow melon every year. Many people seem surprised that you can grow them in this country, especially outside. I grow them in home made cloches - 6mtr x 1mtr, using hoops and 500 grade clear plastic. Minnisota Midget are the most prolific, getting around 8-10 per plant. Small (one is enough for two starters) but very sweet and juicy. This year I am trying Ananas and Schoons Hard Shell for a change. At the moment they are galloping away.
More of a weed than a deliberate planting choice but Gaultheria shallon produces small black blueberry-like fruit which makes an incredible jelly. I have never tasted anything quite so sweet. Apparently it was used by Native Americans as an appetite suppressant. I also have Gaultheria mucronata growing wild which produces edible pink berries. I haven't tried making jelly from them yet but will do this year just for the novelty. The birds seem to leave them until very late in the winter but I have sampled them earlier and they are quite edible.
There is a Chinese Flowering Quince in the garden which I think is Chaenomeles speciosa but might be a hybrid with Chaenomeles cathayensis as it has white flowers and larger fruit. Makes quince jelly, cheese and fruit leather just like a true quince. It has strong thorny stems and would make a great hedge.
Nice web page, there's a couple I hadn't heard of and may try next year.
I have Gaultheria procumbens, which produces berries and leaves that taste of root beer. It looks nice!
I have two royal medlar trees. The fruit are quite tasty as long as you let them fully blet. They make a nice jam or jelly, depending on how well you strain the mix. And the trees are rather attractive when in leaf.
I have a quince, Cydonia oblonga, which has yet to produce fruit. My mum's produced loads, and they were very tasty and smelt heavenly.
I grow root parsley, which is quite nice. It has a faint parsley flavour, and needs more cooking than parsnip to soften it. And the leaves are edible too but a bit strongly flavoured for me.
There is a Japanese flowering quince planted by the previous home owner, and the fruit make a nice lemony 'sludge', or compote to be posh, to be spread on cheescake for example.
The herb garden includes winter savory which is interesting, and quite savoury!
And I have chillis, Capsicum chinense is my favourite genus. I had a Capsicum pubescens for 7-10 years until I killed it, which produced round fruity pods.