Unusual fruit for the garden?

[ShiggyBiggs]

Does anybody here grow any unusual fruit in their garden?

This year I planted 2 Blackberry, 2 Boysenberry,2 raspberry, 2 tay berry, 2 loganberry, 2 blackcurrants,1 jostaberry(cross between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant apparently), 1 red currant and 1 huckleberry.

I was wondering what other people grow and looking for a few more unusual fruits to grow aswell.

So far Ive come across Honeyberry, cloudberry, thimbleberry, chokeberry and lingonberry. I think Im going to give these a go in the spring, Id never heard of them before so should be interesting.

Cheers.

[LooneyTunes]

Why not some older varieties of apple or pear?

These, fresh from the tree, make an acceptable snack when the stone fruit is out of season...

[Simpo Two]

Mulberries are lovely - fantastic rich deep flavour - but of course are trees so take a few years to fruit. Worth the wait though. My mother used to warm them up - not sure if steamed or microwaved - to loosen up the juices and add vanilla ice cream on top. Omnomnom.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Mulberries? loosen up the juices?

you can't get them off the tree without looking like you've just slaughtered an elephant, covered in red


we have redcurrant, thubarb, two different apples and a Damson tree

redcurrant is very easy to plant (just poke a stick in the ground) and quick to grow

harvest them using a fork to strip the berries off the branch

[Cogcog]

I looked at one of the fruit tree sites the other day and they were selling everything you can imagine include various nut trees in bare root. Some of the cherry tries do 2 varities in one tree and I am planning to plant russets in my new garden. A neighbour has quince but it is really only suitable for jam I iunderstand. They alos did peaches and nectarines and pomegranites for the right site.

We had an idea in our village to plant 'rambler fruit'; edible currants, gooseberries etc along local footpaths for ramblers to nibble at. Sadly in today's world it was thought people would just strip them rather than take a small handful.

[TheD]

I planted a quince a couple of years ago and that is one strange fruit

[Simpo Two]

Hugo a Gogo said:

Mulberries? loosen up the juices?

you can't get them off the tree without looking like you've just slaughtered an elephant, covered in red

Wait until they're ripe, they just fall off. It's still messy but worth it.

Hugo a Gogo said:

strip the berries off the branch

Technically a 'strig'!

TheD said:

I planted a quince a couple of years ago and that is one strange fruit

I'll see your quince and raise you a medlar. Them is like well weird man

[Hugo a Gogo]

Simpo Two said:

Technically a 'strig'!

every day's a school day!

[dickymint]

Wimberries? Lovely tasting berries not to be confused with Blueberries. Low growing and good ground cover in a border maybe. Never seen plants for sale though - always used to pick them wild so i may nick a few plants and give them a go myself.

[Laurel Green]

I once spotted Julian Clary at a garden centre, if that helps.

[Cogcog]

Damsons are quite nostalgic for me, and how about Olives? Garden centre in Ebay sells field grown trees in pots on a pallett.

[ShiggyBiggs]

So I just found a website selling all sorts of flowers, trees, vegetables and fruits. Good thing is they deliver anywhere in the uk for £3.95(including the channel islands).

They have a ton of fruit trees, I think I might buy some of those 2 fruit on one tree mixes. They have an offer on atm I think for £30 and you get a red and green apple tree, a mixed pear tree and a mixed plum tree I think.

They also had trees that only grow to 1m tall! I'm definatly gonna buy a cherry one of these! Although depending on space I might get 4 of these 1m trees(apple pear plum and cherry). I didn't know you could get trees that only got to be 1m tall!

Cheers!

[0a]

Can one grow blueberries in this country? If so how long from planting to fruiting?

[ShiggyBiggs]

Yeah Im pretty sure you can. I have no idea how long they take to fruit.

[Mr GrimNasty]

Some of those berries e.g. blueberries require ericaceous soil, so you'll need to grow them in a special bed or pot in a lot of areas.

[astroarcadia]

I have a Pineapple Guava tree (Acca Sellowiana). Yet to fruit but us still young. A beautiful tree regardless of fruit though.

Edited by astroarcadia on Friday 16th September 20:49

[DPX]

I have a couple of quince trees

they are super for cricket balls

they make amazing marmalade

unless you have good dental insurance dont take a bite

plums if you can get them before the wasps

blackcurrents always nice

if damsons try and find a real wild one ferments a treat

rubarb , always grows when fresh a super pie

if i can ferment it will try and grow it

Edited by DPX on Friday 16th September 20:54

[Mr GrimNasty]

That's almost as good as Ode to Autumn by Keats.

[Simpo Two]

Mr GrimNasty said:

That's almost as good as Ode to Autumn by Keats.

Would be interesting to hear a proper old-school actor reading it.

[Mr GrimNasty]