Amazing miniature clusters of grapes on a dwarf grapevine can be grown indoors or out—a small plant that’s easy to care for with continual fruiting. This variety of grape is typically used to produce champagne or wine and can be enjoyed fresh, or used as a simple garnish. Sweet, tart flavor.
Possibly the best known white, seedless grape for the home garden, ‘Niagara’ has always dependably delivered bountiful yields of sweet, juicy grapes that mature in early September. ‘Niagara’ has been widely used in wines, champagne and juices but it is mouth watering when eaten fresh and is perfect for preserving in jams and jellies, too! ‘Niagara’, like all grape vines, can get big and it could use a supporting, heavy duty trellis or pergola for best production and ease of care.
Large, tight clusters of crisp, juicy, sweet, yellowish green fruit. Excellent flavor and quality is high in acid. This superior grape makes excellent raisins. Vigorous, heavily productive vines. Flow er buds are hardy to -10°F to help avoid damage due to late spring freezes.
This tasty treat will seem like it’s from another planet but it can be from your own yard since this selection is so easy to grow! ‘Mars’ is one of the best Grapes to grow for the backyard gardener because it is one of the most resistant to the normal fungus problems that can plague them like black rot and mildew. Even better, this strong, vigorous grower is just as strong of a producer with hefty bunches of cylindrical, deep blue Grapes that mature in mid-September. Their sweet taste, seedless fruit, and skin that readily separates from its flesh make ‘Mars’ a real treat for fresh eating or any other kind of dessert use. Be sure to plant ‘Mars’ with a strong supporting trellis for the best health and productivity of the plant.
‘Himrod’ has been around for a number of years but it is still unsurpassed in its ability to grow and produce in the home edible garden. This early maturing selection will load up with loose clusters of medium-sized, yellow-gold colored fruit that you will be picking in quantity by mid to late August. Sweet enough to melt in your mouth if eaten right off the vine, this seedless selection is also perfect for drying to make a tasty raisin. ‘Himrod’, like all grapevines, can get big and it could use a supporting, heavy-duty trellis or pergola for best production and ease of care.
Dependability is without question on this easy to grow vine that will give you gobs of deep purple, sweet Grapes that have the added pleasure of being seedless. There may be no other Grape as multi-purpose for you to grow in your edible garden as it’s spectacular for fresh eating when harvest time rolls around in early to mid-Spetember or can be used in jellies and preserves with equal success. Like all heavy, woody vines, be sure to grow this selection with a strong wooded trellis or arbor for support in order to assure the best fruiting and health of the plant.
It’s hard to beat this grape for taste and ease of growth. You’ll love its productivity in your backyard garden with compact clusters of large, seedless red grapes ripening in early to mid September. While they are incredible tasting eating them as you are picking them, ‘Canadice’ is versatile enough to be a tasty treat even in jams and jellies. Easy to grow, ‘Canadice’, like all grape vines, can get big and it could use a supporting, heavy duty trellis or pergola for best production and ease of care.
Highbush Blueberries are a great addition to the edible landscape for so many reasons but they do take up some real estate! Dwarf Tophat Blueberries are a great choice for all those who love the thought of raising their own but have little space to support such a big plant. ‘Top Hat’ and its dense, compact form are perfect for container growing or a handsome addition to a herb or perennial garden. The plant may be petite but the fruit are full sized and full of that outstanding blueberry flavor that will have you eating while you harvest!. Starting in May, small white bell shaped flowers nearly cover the glossy green foliage. Berries follow in August and you won’t believe how many are packed onto such a small package! In the fall, the foliage turns a firery red completing a 3 season landscape show.
Everyone thinks Cranberries need a bog to grow these luscious berries that are packed with Vitamin C and anti-oxidants. Fortunately, Cranberries will thrive in most of our well-drained northeast soils forming a low, spreading, groundcover plant that will stand out in your edible landscape. Fine textured, glossy green foliage emerges on nearly prostrate branches followed by a profusion of small white flowers in early May. These flowers turn into berries that mature to large, bright shiny red Cranberries that are ready to pick in late summer. These berries are tart and plentiful and can be used in a wide variety of prepared dishes, juices and preserves or even fresh if you love that mouth puckering tartness. ‘Stevens’ makes a great choice for the home garden because it is selection that has fewer seeds than most varieties and because it loves full sun, will tolerate wet feet if you do have a bog at home and is virtually pest free.
A Pink Fruiting Blueberry!! That’s right! Be the first in your neighborhood to enjoy the first pink fruiting Blueberry ever created. More than a novelty plant, this Blueberry has what it takes to stand root to root with its blue fruiting relatives as it features the same heavy yields, ease of growth and dreamy tart/sweet taste only in a pink package! ‘Pink Lemonade’ is an upright, vigorous growing shrub that features glossy green foliage along brightly yellow stems. It flowers heavily in May with white, fragrant bell shaped flowers. Fruit from this bloom matures in early August with medium sized, firm berries that will make you wonder how these pink beauties could taste so blue! Use them the same way you use any Blueberries as long as you can get them in the house instead of eating them fresh while you pick! Like all Blueberries, ‘Pink Lemonade’ thrives in sunny, well-drained soil and will give you a virtuoso, bright scarlet-red fall foliage show that is just as memorable as its fruit.