They must be different in other parts of the country or under different growing conditions. They are more “intense” (good) tasting than basically any other berry to me. I and many people I know enjoy them very much. As Oscar said, they don’t keep, we mostly pick 'em for fresh eating.
Not ripe here yet but very soon.
I’m with you @wdingus, I find wineberries more flavorful to any store berry.
From berry to berry, there’s a lot of variation though, and if I am picking ones that are more brighter pink, it would really change the flavor profile to something not as good
Found this winerberry growing last year. Nice to hear it can grow in shade. I’ll taste it for the first time this year. If it is any good I’ll move a rooted piece to a shadier spot.
mine grow fine in full sun. But also in semi sun.
I’m on a different continent though. so your experience might be different.
The primocane (this years new growth cane) tip root really well. Basically where they touch soil in fall/winter.
If your plant is vigorous and you tip your new canes (cut off the top part of the primocane)
It will make side branches. If your bury the tops of those side branches you can propagate the plants really fast. (a single cane can make 10+ new plants in 1 year)
The floricanes (last years new cane) give fruit. (just like most blackberry’s and tayberrys) and die after fruiting.
I have not tried. But i suspect trying to root or propagate from the floricanes to be pointless.
ps: it already has small fruits on your picture. Winberry sepals (the bottom “leaves” or “petals” on the flower, often green) fold open to flower. But then fold back closed again for the small berry to grow. They open again a few days to weeks before the fruit is ripe. If know people who missed the fruit since they thought it yet needed to flower and thus would take a month or more at least till fruits. while in reality they had fruits 1 week later and forgot to check.
Probably seedlings but perhaps root suckers. They come up everywhere around here. It’s a chore to keep them from taking over. Oh but they’re so good to just pick and pop into your mouth.
if never seen them root sucker. (Just like my floricane blackberry’s. All canes seems to come from the same “crown”)
if seen seedlings, and tip rooted primocanes.
I’m curious if you might have a a slightly different plant from the one’s i have here in Europe.
Possibly yeah… I love black raspberries, blackberries, bluerries. Many have a fantastic taste. None compare to the intenseness of our wineberries though, in a lock your jaw kind of way… Been picking and snacking on them the last few days. Mmmm good.
I ate a couple handfuls from plants in Pennsylvania. I loved them. They were firmer than raspberries and tastier than blackberries. I guess you could say tasted like raspberries with black berry texture.
I downloaded a phone app that logs people’s plant id locations to find some wild plants in Missouri to propagate with my thornless blackberries. Looking forward to eating these again.
