Wineberries

[flower]

has anyone grown Japaneses wineberries? if so any tips  hints and so forth i purchased one on Saturday along with a whitecurrant , redcurrant and a couple of blue berries none of which Ive ever grown before have tried the search function for wineberries but nowt shows up :)

[flower]

[jennym]

Not grown them - let us know how you get on!
Here is a link:
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Rubus+phoenicolasius

[Curryandchips]

I have never heard of them, but they definitely sound interesting !

[flower]

Ta for the link jennym it answered a few questions for me as to soil etc and curry why not give one a go my plant was only 3 pound 25 from a local garden centre, jenny i will let you know how it goes :)

[misterphil]

There was a page in the Grow fruit and veg mag last year sometime. They are a victorian cross of rasps and tayberries, producing paler, stickier fruit than rasps.

Hardy - no need for cover - and grow like other briar based fruits. No info avalable as to when to prune etc - but I would suppose that as they include tayberries, then they'll fruit on the previuos year's growth.

Victoriana nurseries stock them, and from my own experienve, are v helpful if you give them a ring...

[KT]

Hi flower,

A friend of mine gave me a little plant last year and I put it in the ground in autumn.Apparently,they have a tendency to spread if not checked but you could keep them in a compact shape by tying the stems onto some kind of support as they grow. The fruit are sweet and sour,very refreshing! :) 

[flower]

Hi KT thanks for that tip i will make a support for it :)

[KMARKSnr]

Hi all,
        Just purchased one from Ken Muire`s website, under the heading of soft fruit.There is info on his site for all soft fruit.

                             Regards,
                                  Mark. :)

[hesperis2000]

japanese wineberry is not a cross between any rubus species , neither is it a bienial - grow your own got it badly wrong there.
it is a true species RUBUS PHOENICOLASIUS that comes true from seed, layers very easily and doesnt strike from winter hardwood cuttings. it is a rampant weed in some countries but is also very easy to grow and fruit - hessayan 'fruit expert' tells you what you need to know and the 'plants for a future' website says useful stuff also.
TREAT IT  EXACTLY LIKE BLACKBERRY.
'grow your own ' should spend less time appeasing their advertisers - that particular issue informed us that blueberry flowers in november !

[amphibian]

'grow your own ' should spend less time appeasing their advertisers - that particular issue informed us that blueberry flowers in november !

Shouldn't they just, half their 'articles' are adverts for some unnecessary pricey product or other, I was bought a subscription as a gift and I certainly will not be renewing it when it expires.