Fruiting

Bring your garden design to a new level with fruiting shrubs from Direct Gardening. Most fruiting shrub provide months of interest—often with pretty blossoms followed by colorful fruits. Popular fruiting shrubs include blueberry bushes, Goji berry, winterberry, elderberry and flowering cherry. Many berries are edible for humans, while others are a great source of food for wildlife. Fruiting shrubs can be planted as accent plants or massed together to form informal hedges. When selecting fruiting shrubs to buy, make sure they are suitable for your hardiness zone. Other factors to consider are their sunlight requirements, soil requirements, mature height and spread, types of fruits and harvest time.