#so Goji tolerates it...

[ruubesz-draws]

Come with Kong to Monkeyland!

Kong just wants to show his New Empire in Hollow Earth

My brain constantly nagging me to draw this as Kong:

[teojira]

Just a thought! Godzilla who tolerates human and mothera who absolutely adores the human and wants to keep it like a little pet is so funny to me

[I want a baby. We are two titans.] [Headcanons]

Summary: Mothra has a soft spot for you and Gojira takes it upon himself to see you, a human. He will not fall victim to your charms.

Word count: 700+

Pronouns: Gender neutral!

Warnings: None that I can possibly think of! Do lmk if I need to though!

A/N: First Goji and Mothra request!! Thank you so much!! I hope these are okay anon! Kinda made it to where it's the set up lore for this request bc that's where my brain took me lmao.

You're not particularly of note, you're nothing, sorry to say it special. No secret heritage, no secret connection to Monarch before meeting the moth titan, but when you find yourself face to face with her, you feel calm and safe.

She's radiating warmth and comfort and quietly as she can squeaks at you, trying to bid you closer to her.

A bad idea really, extremely bad idea but she just looks so soft and loving, so you walk up to her and gently rest a hand on her head, running your fingers through her fuzz.

It's clear She's very sweet on you, she can't always be by your side, having to do her duties as the queen of monsters but she will visit, she also somehow knows where you are at all times.

After the first encounter, Monarch realized they could use you to help locate her so you now have a decent cushy life as the Mothra whisperer among the two twins, the Ziyis.

Dr. Chen is absolutely fascinated to hear about your connection to Mothra, she's one of your main friends in the company who comes to visit you often.

Mothra never lingers for long, but she comes by to visit and rests with you awhile, allowing you to pet and climb on her if you wish, though she makes panicked noises if you accidental stumble, she doesn't really have alot of arm to catch you so girl is NERVOUS.

You're her little human, she'd hate to see you get hurt, regardless if she knows she can fix it.

Goji knows where Mothra is going, to see a human, and he's very against, trying to growl and grunt his point of view to Mothra, but she will have none of it. He rolls his eyes and thumps his tail, trying to emphasize that it is a bad idea and it'll get her hurt.

Mothra has never listened to a man and will not do so now, so she continues her visits with you, coming to him smelling of human.

At this point, he's gonna come see you himself, Mothra is beautiful, caring and a more peaceful titan.

Goji is not, which is why he has no issues with breaching the water next to the Monarch base and coming to find you.

He does take SOME care to not needlessly destroy everything around him, staying in the water and just standing there menacingly as fuck, everyone freaks the fuck out until Mothra follows him, resting on his back, her appendages wrapped gently on Gojis scales.

That's when they figure to send you out, neither Kaiju are attacking, but they know very clearly of Mothra's soft spot for you, so it's a insurance that she'd step in against her husband if he goes rouge.

So they send you out, you humming a village song that Dr.Chen taught you, alerting Mothra of your presence.

She flaps her wings excitedly, leaving her spot on Goji to get to you, her wings enclose the two of you, her way of giving you a hug.

Goji grumbles but gets closer, moving to lay his chest on the ground so he can get a good look at you.

You're so, squishy looking, kinda stupid looking as well, with your big eyes trained on him in fear.

He brings his snout closer, his breath making your hair blow around your face.

Mothra let's out a noise, probably a warning to her King to not do anything stupid.

You can see his visibly roll his fucking eyes at her and then he trains his eyes on yours, directly making eye contact.

He then exhales, the gust of wind knocking you over from the force, he laughs. He honest to god LAUGHS AT YOU.

You can't help but laugh back, from nerves and the fact that he seems so eerily human in this instant.

Mothra slaps him with one of her arms, shaking her head at him, speaking in a language you're sure only exists between them.

Goji uses the tip of his tail to give you something to prop yourself up against, you didn't scream of fear, he hasn't been shot at yet, he figures you're alright, for a human.

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴍᴜ��ʜ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏᴏɴ!

[newkatzkafe2023]

1999 Monkey King introduces his new Godzilla wife and child to everyone and them freaking out.

Wukong's introduction to his awesome family😅

(Lotmk Wukong) Maaaaaaan Wukong has been super excited to introduce his Giant scary wifey, and his adorable little (BIG) son to his master and friends. However the others didn't share the same enthusiasm including you, Tripikata immediately got on your nerves with his holier then thou attitude and giving advice nobody asked for. Then came pigsy who you were this closer to blasting off the face of the mortal realm if he dared to flirt with you one more time, the only one you liked was sandy as he reminded you of Saint Patrick's leprechauns so he was tolerated by you the most. So yes tensions were quite high and you would be quick to lose your temper if it weren't for your tiny husband and child, speaking of Goji Jr he immediately loved everyone and tried to lick Tripikata and sandy. You have forbidden him from Licking pigsy because you didn't want you son to get trichinella spiralis.

FEEL FREE TO REBLOG 👨‍👩‍👦

[spinejackel]

walking biohazard and weird artsy bitch my hedorah gijinka for a modern au my lovely boyfriend and i have together that we call the monster island au. some other important notes on them under the cut

ᵗᵘᵐᵇˡʳ ʰᵃˢ ⁿᵒ ᵃˡᵍᵒʳᶦᵗʰᵐ. ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ʳᵉᵐᵉᵐᵇᵉʳ ᵗᵒ ʳᵉᵇˡᵒᵍ ᶦᶠ ʸᵒᵘ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ᵐʸ ᵃʳᵗ

Art snob about the weird styles they're into.

Has been dabbling in creating music as of recently.

Makes his own instruments out of the junk on her properly.

Voice sounds like Shreeka from the old TMNT cartoon.

- > (see the NO! MY POWER RING! IT'S MELTING!!! video for reference.)

- > Has a slightly wizard cadence to his speech as well.

Is a genetic chimera.

Has a terrible circulatory system and wears 6-7 layers of clothes.

- > The fewer layers he wears, the more they will shake like a small dog in the winter.

- > Living in a warmer climate has not helped, and now she is constantly too hot and cold at the same time.

Hasn’t showered in years because their shower-head broke and they’ve been too lazy to fix it.

Has the worst case of athletes foot you've ever seen.

Due to the oils her body naturally produces being weirdly acidic, he wears gloves when handling the few things she cares about.

Carries everything but the kitchen sink in unknown amount of pockets.

- > Always has a laser pointer on them at all times and will shine it into people's eyes when sufficiently provoked.

The only person on Monster Island who can drive/has a car.

- > Drives a 1984 ford bronco that has fallen apart and been put back together so many times that it’s become overly complicated to start.

- > The 1984 Ford Bronco gets 10 mpg for those unfamiliar with cars. A gas guzzler.

Battra thinks they’re the coolest because they hate people and nature too, but Mothra thinks they are a bad influence.

- > He tolerates Battra’s presence because he also Sees The Vision when it comes to the destruction of the world.

- > Will never admit it to anyone, not even himself, but she does actually enjoy the company and having another person on the island to talk to about their interests.

- > They are however, genuinely slightly scared of Battra for being more violence inclined when it comes to the destruction of the world.

Hates Goji because he threw him into a body of water and ruined all the cultures on them. She ugly cried about it.

- > Goji was not expecting that reaction and actually did feet bad for doing that.

Knews NFTs were a scam, but was into them when they were big because she wanted to scam people.

Is on the front lines of hating and fighting against the use of AI in the creative industry. There’s no artistry to it.

[graspingremlinhands]

Happy 1st day of the year!!!

Mutuals, friends, people of the fandom and lovely Ghidzilla shippers( to anyone is accepted and cherished)

Here your Gremlin, at my 1.200 post to say hello to you and wish for you all the best things to come.

As for me my wish is that this would be the year I would finally start putting myself at work and share with whoever will be, my works (and the mind and heart, mostly heart behind them).

I have to thank the fandom for being the safe harbor during the pandemic. The wonderful people that inspired me and still does and the ones I feel I can call friends (@1giulia4 @the-fallen-starr love you guys)

Now it's time I give something back. While also grow as a writer to be always better.

Under the cut a little one-shot I wrote during the holidays.

Tw: The content gets a little suggestive, but not much. It's more implied that outright explicit.

So procede with caution, listen to your level of tolerance.

And Enjoy!!!

- We need to find a new story to tell people when they ask us how we got together- announced Ichi.

It was late in the morning, the sun was at peaking, its light pouring generously into their apartment's kitchen through the window.

Ghidorah sat right below it, in the breakfast nook adjiacent to the sink area. On the table, was a magazine that had only been skimmed through while the hydra waited for his interlocutor’s answer.

No answer followed, the only noises in the air was the chop-chop of the knife on the cutting board and the oil sizzling in the pan.

 Slicing onions, peppers and celery was no one but Godzilla, their sweetheart of three years, of which one they’re been living together.

The saurus gave no indication of having heard them; he took the cutting board that now ,looked more like the palette of a painter and throw the contents in the boiling pan, the high splashes of oil captured by the warm light that came from the cooker hood.

All under their 3 pairs of eyes they observed, delighting in the sinuous line that Goji’s tail drew in the air.

Ghidorah stretched on the heated surface of the table, until the tension cracked away from his back. Uh, maybe it was time to get back to do stretching in the morning.

Godzilla kept ignoring them and cooking, now stirring the sizzling vegetables with a wooden spoon.

He then opened the fridge and took out a transparent plastic bag, containing large pieces of rosy meat, chicken probably as San pointed out through their telepathic link.

Now he was rummaging through the tool drawer, filling the air with the rattle of the steel cuterly- What happened to the meat tenderizer? - he asked them.

- We’re holding him hostage until you give us your answer- replied San jokingly.

He turned toward them and looked at them deadpan; shooking his head and mumbling something; then he lowered the flame under the vegetables and approached the sink, looking over it.

- I don’t see why we should. It’s a funny story, and it's true.-

He paused for a moment, as if he wanted to create suspense, or give sacredness to the thing- I’m fond of that story, you know. We wouldn’t be here if it hadn’t been for that. So, do you really want to give it up? - he concluded before returning to the stove.

The brothers looked at each other; it was not easy to associate Godzilla with something romantic, nor he looked the part.

And yet, one how the many things that has surprised them, the more they knew each other, was that Goji actually cares. For the most banal, small, easy-to ignore things. He hold those things to the highest regard and he gets protective over them.

Just like he was doing now.  

Ghidorah put a hand to their heart.

They had read, not long ago, about a research, which estabilished that when in a relationship, the partners' hearts begin to beat at the same frequency, almost tuning in.

 A belonging without compulsion, natural. A bit like the course of their and Goji’s relationship.

It had developed in a way so natural, like dominoes falling into place.

But the kick-off have been... awkward.

They slipped out of the breakfast nook, turn around the sink and placed themselves behind Godzilla. He was pounding the meat with a ladle wrapped in a cloth. He was ignoring them again. This wouldn’t do.

They stretched their arms behind their back, as if they were to start a set of weights before threw them around Godzilla, enveloping him in a strong embrace; operation a little complicated because of the spikes on his back, but they have grown accustomed to them in time.

Which rose is without thorns after all?

Godzilla found himself stuck, his arms pinned down, while the ladle still in his hand. There was no risk he was going to hit them with it, but never say never. Better act fast.

- We love that story, don’t misunderstand us- said Ichi nuzzling his cheek. -But in short-

- We make ourselves look like totally idiots - echoed Ni.

- And it’s not great when you introduce yourself to someone new. Remember the Christmas party at Anguirus? People were refraining themselves from laughing in our faces- concluded San.

- I don’t see the problem- argued Godzilla, trying to loosen the grip of Ghidorah- My vegetables are gonna burn, we can talk about it, like never again? -

In response, Ghidorah loosened his grip, sliding a hand to caress his side. Under their touch they felt Godzilla shrudder gently, the hand holding the ladle trembling slightly.

- The problem is that, as we have already told you, it does not make us look good. And it seems to us that this makes you look bad in return- continued Ichi, their hand now moving down, to play with the elastic waistband of the shorts  Godzilla was wearing.

San and Ni, instead, in perfect synchrony, had started to nuzzle and kiss his exposed gills.

Now Godzilla was panting, resting his weight completely on Ghidorah’s chest;  the vegetables in the pan had turned brown.

Too bad he suffered from a severe case of stubbornness- Don’t be immature- he tried to reprimend them despite his shaking voice, - it’s just a story. If you let that stop you from winning the audience then... shit!!! -

Ichi’s hand had slipped a lot further down and was poking at something very sensitive, while with the other one they busied themselves with caressing and groping alla round his body.

At the nuzzling, they had replaced more lascivious kisses and bites (courtesy of Ni), on the throat and shoulders.

An orchestra of need, between groaning and sighing, Godzilla who moaned heartfely , holding with both hands at Ghidorah’s hips while they purred. The ladle had falled with a loud clank, completely ignored

Their hand, not the one busy ravaging in his underwear, now squeezed his throat, lifting his head, forcing Godzilla to look into Ichi’s eyes, darkened with desire.

- You’re really sexy when you’re stubborn- he whispered seductely- but I’m sure that once you listen to all our motivations, you’ll be much more open to our proposition- in the meantime they continued to touch him, making his body grow hotter and hotter.

Godzilla, for his part, had little intention of listening to anyone; he had far more urgent needs to be meet with at the time.

He could only mutter a faint- Pan- pointing to the stove where the vegetables were now blackened.

With  a very quick movement for someone of their size, they pulled Godzilla up in their arms to carry him bridal-style and turned off the stove with a sharp movement.

And with the with their beloved they went into their bedroom, where they would plead their cause.

THE END.

If you are seeing this, thank you so much for reading this.

If you like, please consider leave a like or a comment. If you even reblog Thank you in advance. It would means a lot!!! To me, to keep the (digital) ink FLOWING!!!

If you don't, that's ok. I wrote this most catered around what I like.

But inappropiately mean or offensive comments will not be tolerated.

Nobody wins for having the best ship.

IT'S JUST A SHIP, NO REASON TO SHRED BLOOD OVER IT

[hrodvitnon]

Oh, the "basically looking at a Pina Colada and getting instantly smashed" IS a boost to Goji's alcohol tolerance. He used to pass out at the equivalent of a sip-so the fact that he gets drunk instead is a big boost.

Seems legit!

[tameblog]

Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

[ramestoryworld]

Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

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Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

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Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

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Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

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Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

[monaleen101]

Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

[newkatzkafe2023]

Hey so part two for humanoid Godzilla (Y/n), if you want. She finds a baby that's just like her and decides to adopt it (like in Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla from 1993), but the Wukongs sees them with the baby and thinks, "I'M A DAD?" Confusion then sets in.

Ok, so recently, on your own one of your morning strolls, you came across an egg. Now this egg looks like your egg as a baby, but you have known where it came from. As you were thinking, the egg shook and hatched, revealing a baby kaju. You didn't think twice before taking the little one in. Now, how are you going to tell your boyfriend🤣😉🤭

(Lmk Wukong) Oh yeah, he's an idoit like a massive idiot. Considering you been dating for a while but he thinks he's a father like what🤦‍♀️. Luckily for you, you had managed to explain to him about the egg you found, and he calmed down a little bit. Wukong loves Godzilla Jr. and vice versa they cause all kinds of trouble together, which makes you sigh and go clean their mess, but you wouldn't have any other way.

(Mk Reborn Wukong) Oh yeah, this guy would panic like Crazy . He's been secretly dating you behind his masters back for a couple of months. Just to find that their is a baby version of you one day. He looks pale in the face, but then you explain to him how you found an abandoned egg and adopted the child. Wukong calmed down as Godzilla Jr. licked his face. Godzilla Jr definitely likes to play fight him all the time, so Wukong is gonna have a blast teaching him how to fight, while You teach him how to use his powers.

(HIB Wukong) I feel he has always been the most responsible Wukong out of all of them. So when he finds you with a baby, He immediately goes into father mode and works to take care of him. Godzilla Jr loves him and follows him everywhere like Luier would, but he tolerated goji Jr more since he can't talk yet and therefore not bombard him with questions. Luier and Silly girl love Goji Jr as well and You think it's cute that Jr This grew a protection for his siblings , just like Wukong did🥰🤭

(NR Wukong) Ohhhhhhhhhh man where do I even began😑. This fool looks like, he had both a stroke and a heart attack at the same time especially when he see godzilla Jr. He has so many questions and Flips his brain upside down. Trying to remember when he did that with you And when did you get pregnant and Most importantly does he have to give you child support🤣. After watching him Squirm a You finally tell him that Goji Jr is adopted And that you found his egg weeks ago. Wukong finally gets the color back on his face And quickly becomes the fun dad for little? Goji Jr. What a drama king😒😒😒

(Netflix Wukong) His first thoughts were yay new playmate😊🥳. Then his next thoughts were Wait That's your son🤨............uh oh😦😰. Wukong starts to feel the gravity of the situation, and immediately, he's feels responsible for somebody else now. Godzilla Jr is still very much a newborn and fills Wukong with a sense of responsibility. So he's makes sure Goji Jr. has everything. He thinks a baby Kaiju needs and should have. Which fills you with a joy, You do eventually tell him that he's adopted by you, but that didn't change him to Much, but at least he calmed down😅.

FEEL FREE TO REBLOG🐲

[iamownerofme]

Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link

[shelyold]

Is there anything that says summer more than a bowl of ripe berries straight off the bush? Well, maybe a watermelon, but it gets second place for certain. These super nutritious fruits are easy to grow and present significant savings over ever-increasing grocery store prices. Spring is the ideal time for planting berry bushes. Though they come in different shapes and sizes, they have plenty of things in common. While you’re ok to plant them in the fall, there is no time like the present to get them in the ground and enjoy their sweet fruits this summer. Whether you’re using a planner to design a stunning berry patch or just want a useful container plant, these are all great cultivars to choose from. Many of them make beautiful ornamentals, as well. Here are the best berry bushes to plant this spring.  Duke Blueberry Early-Ripening and Prolific Yields Compact Size Cold-Hardy Chill Hour Requirements Grown from Propagated Cuttings View at Epicgardening.com Blueberry ‘Duke’ Cooler climates bring out their best flavor and size. Blueberries are good for more than making cobblers. These little nutritional powerhouses are chock-full of anthocyanins, which give them their blue color. Anthocyanins are powerful antioxidants that help protect your cells. Studies show that adding this fruit to your diet can be beneficial in many ways. From improved muscle recovery to protecting against heart disease and type 2 diabetes, they have a ton of health benefits.  ‘Duke’ is great for cooler climates. It bears fruit early, so it doesn’t require a long growing season. It does need 800 hours of chill time, so its range doesn’t extend south as far as some varieties. These blues are big with a sweet and tangy flavor. The shrubs can reach six feet tall at maturity and make a fantastic and useful hedge.  Raspberry ‘Brandywine’ Perfectly sweet berries ripen on second-year canes each summer. This gorgeous fruit is great for eating fresh, baking into pies, and especially for making sweet preserves. Related to roses, raspberries are beautiful red gems of the fruit world. They fit the classification of brambles, and while they can be thorny and complicated to harvest, they are worth the trouble.  These summer-bearing shrubs grow fast and begin to bear fruit in their second year. Their canes last for two years, with the second-year canes producing fruit. After year two, they should produce yearly, ripening in the summer.  ‘Brandywine’ is a hybrid cultivar with deep red berries. The berries are large and sweet, with floral undertones. They have a soft texture and tend to be larger than lighter red varieties.  Cranberry ‘Pilgrim’ Birds and pollinators enjoy them as much as people do. Cranberries are a useful fruit that are good for digestive health, immune support, and a lot of other important functions. They’re also an important part of many holiday menus. They prefer cool climates, plenty of moisture, and acidic soil.  Crans mature in the fall, turning a deep, rich ruby tone. Add plenty of organic material to their soil to maintain the acidity. Don’t forget to give these plants a lot of water. They like consistent moisture.  ‘Pilgrim’ is creeping and forms a dense mat. It makes a good ground cover. It’s a North American native that feeds pollinators and birds and is evergreen, so it looks wonderful even in the winter. Goji ‘Phoenix Tears’ Bright red fruits full of nutrients and antioxidants. This shrub is native to China and goes by many names. We know it as goji, and it produces some seriously powerful superfruits. It’s deciduous and reaches about ten feet tall at maturity. It produces pretty purple flowers that entice pollinators, followed by small, elongated red fruits. Goji bushes are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. They like a lot of light and don’t mind cold and heat. It’s in the Solanaceae family, which are notoriously heavy feeders, so be sure to fertilize well.  ‘Phoenix Tears’ is slightly less cold tolerant than most, preferring zones 5-9. The berries are sweet and full of antioxidants, amino acids, and even a significant amount of protein! They’re tasty dried lake raisins or tossed into your smoothie for a nutrition boost.  Boysenberry ‘Newberry’ Enjoy vibrant, disease-resistant vines with abundant, delicious fruit. Boysenberries are a hybrid from crossing raspberries with blackberries. They carry wonderful traits from both parents. They are sweet and floral with a tangy wildness and grow on a rambling vine. Boysens have a short season and ripen between late May and early July. They are delicate, so you won’t often find them in stores. You may happen upon them at the farmer’s market, but the best way to enjoy this fruit is to grow it in your own garden. ‘Newberry’ is a vigorous vine that produces a large quantity of fruit. They are large, sweet, and bountiful, and the plants are disease-resistant. Lingonberry ‘Koralle’ They yield tangy fruit perfect for adding to Nordic-inspired dishes. These hardy berry bushes are perfect for planting this spring. They are well-suited to cooler climates and play a starring role in many Nordic recipes. They are low-growing shrubs that fit into smaller spaces and have attractive, neat, rounded foliage.  Lingonberries have a bright and tangy flavor, so they are typically not eaten raw. However, they do make a pleasing tea and are delicious in jams, desserts, and syrups. They are also full of anthocyanins, important antioxidants that help protect our cells.  ‘Koralle’ is a popular dwarf variety. In spring, it produces lovely pink blossoms that give way to brilliant red fruit. It stays close to the ground and makes an interesting ground cover. Saskatoon Serviceberry ‘Regent’ Compact variety thrives in various environments with tasty fruit. Serviceberry shrubs and trees are often admired for their brilliant autumn foliage. They turn gorgeous shades of red and orange before their winter dormancy. In the spring, they’re also lovely when covered in pretty white blossoms.  Though it often finds its use as an ornamental element, there is no denying it produces delicious fruit. The berries look like blues, and their flavor also hints at strawberries and sweet almonds.  ‘Regent’ is a compact variety that blooms in April. Because it rarely grows taller than six feet, it fits nicely into smaller gardens. It’s not picky about soil or environment, and the fruit is good for cooking or eating fresh off the shrub.  Blackberry ‘Sweet-Ark™’ Deep purple fruit grows from this high-yield, thornless variety. Blackberries are incredibly easy to grow and produce gorgeous, deep purple fruit. They are sweet with earthiness and make wonderful pies and preserves. There are vining and upright cultivars, though the vining types are not often commercially available.  ‘Sweet-ark™’ originated at the University of Arkansas. This close relative of dewberries offers the flavor of wild fruit in a beautiful thornless shrub. In midsummer, it offers a high yield of medium to large, deep purple berries.  Blackcurrant ‘Ben Sarek’ It’s perfect for jams, syrups, and enjoying fresh off the shrub. Blackcurrants are deciduous shrubs that produce sweet, glossy, black fruit which ripens in summer. In spring, they bloom, covered in small green and pink flowers. You can eat the berries raw, but most often, you’ll find them made into preserves, syrups, and jams.  The plants are compact and fit well into any landscape. You can also grow these as container specimens. A mature bush will produce up to ten pounds of berries in a year.  ‘Ben Sarek’ is a compact cultivar that grows only four feet tall. Plant these berry bushes in spring and wait until the following year for full establishment. In the spring, butterflies flock to it, and the foliage turns gold in autumn.  Red Currant ‘Red Lake’ They yield ruby-red fruits that grow effortlessly in any garden. Red currants are comparable to blackcurrants in terms of care and environment. The main difference is the color of the berries. It produces greenish-pink blossoms, but rather than maturing to a deep purple, they turn ruby red.  Red currants are good for eating raw and for cooking and desserts. ‘Red Lake’ is another compact shrub that fits in well with any size garden. It’s also a winner of the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s self-fertile, so one plant will produce fruit without a second pollinator cultivar.  American Elderberry  It’s a lovely shrub that’s great for wildlife and syrups. American elderberry is a beautiful shrub with a graceful open growth habit and fine, attractive foliage. In early summer it produces lacy clusters of fragrant white flowers in mass quantities. These give way to small fruits which mature to a rich shade of purple, nearly black.  Elderberry shrubs are great for wildlife enthusiasts. They attract a wide range of bird species and pollinators. The fruit is great for making syrups and wine. There is some evidence suggesting that they have excellent immune-boosting properties.  Source link