Japanese wineberry – This berry is truly worth growing, lovely red stems covered in hairs, sticky, shiny and delicious fruits from the end of July through to August. It follows on nicely from strawberries and currants for a bit of a later harvest. From one mother plant, many new plants have started to pop up all over the place as berries have been dropped by birds. It also has a layering habit with tips planting themselves and rooting. It can be trained on wires or left to go rampant in a large space. It grows best in cool, damp, fertile soil. Old fruiting stems can be cut out to give room for next year’s fruit, much like you would treat raspberries.
Japanese wineberry Rubus phoenicolasius
