No need to choose between planting either an ornamental or a fruiting bush in your yard. Plant both with a single plant. Many berry bushes are pretty enough to be grown as landscape plants. Let’s ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...

I have grown, maintained, and harvested blackcurrant, redcurrant, and whitecurrant bushes in walled kitchen gardens and on my home plots for many years. I always found them simple to grow, easy to ...

Berry bushes provide food for people and wildlife while offering beauty and interest in the landscape, but be sure to choose ...

The gardens of Anchorage are lonely -- and not just because of the lousy weather. Most of the gardeners I know are out berry picking. Where? Surely you jest. No serious berry-picker will tell you ...

Some berries and currants are expensive to buy or difficult to find in shops, so plant your own bushes now for punnets of sun-ripened fruit that will be ready for picking in a few months' time.

The growing season may be winding down for the year, but that doesn’t mean that planting time is through. Cool autumn days are perfect for planting many perennials, including most of our favorite ...

WHEN we talk of soft fruit we usually mean the kind that are thought of as either berries or currants and are synonymous with summer. Generally, these are fairly easy to grow in our climate, don't ...

Whether you're on a budget or feeling flush with cash, a supply of homegrown fruit at the ready has a way of conveying a sense of luxury and well-being. And if you want to take your satisfaction a ...