Soft Fruit

Information on the planting, growing of fruits on the ScotPlantsDirect website- berries may be easy to grow, but it takes good maintenance to keep producing sweet, juicy fruits.

Tayberry - Planting and Care

The Tayberry has a distinctive flavour, produces heavier crops than a Loganberry and is excellent for cooking, freezing and jam making. Season of use is July. The fruit is large and aromati...

Red and White Currants - Planting and Care Guide

Red and White Currants Choose an open sunny or partly shaded spot, sheltered from frost & strong winds. Red & White currants prefer a slightly acidic soil but must be free draining &a...

Raspberry Canes (Bareroot) - Planting and Care Guide

The most important aspect of planting new bareroot raspberry canes anywhere is to make sure that you plant the canes in fresh ground that has never grown raspberries or any other Rubus plants...

Loganberry - Planting and Care Guide

The Loganberry is, perhaps, the supreme bramble type of berry, as it is ideal for stewing, jam- and jelly-making, bottling, canning, juice extraction and wine making. The berries can also be ...

Japanese Wineberry - Planting and Care Guide

Japanese Wineberry (Rubus phoenicolasius ) is a vigorous deciduous shrub grows to 2.5m or 3m tall with thick orange-red bristles stems that arech on stems. These stems show up well in winter...

Honeyberry - Planting and Care Guide

A very unique plant, Honeyberry is actually a species of Honeysuckle with sweet and tasty fruit. The Honeysuckle family consists of over 200 species of vines and bushes, almost all of which ar...

Gooseberries (Bareroot) - Planting and Care Guide

Gooseberry plants do best in either open full sun or partially shaded areas, sheltered from frost and strong winds. They prefer a slightly acidic soil, well-draining, free from weeds and fer...

Goji Berries - Planting and Care Guide

Once established, Goji berries (Lycium barbarum) are incredibly easy to grow. They'll grow in almost any type of soil and can even thrive in poor soil as they are used to the mountainous regi...

Cranberry Plants - Garden Tips

Cranberries like blueberries, cranberries need acid soils with a low pH and may be best grown in containers or raised beds Where to plant Cranberries like a damp, boggy site or in containers...

Boysenberry Plants - Gardening Advice and Tips

The Boysenberry vine (Rubus ursinus x idaeusare) is believed to be a cross between loganberry, blackberry and raspberry vines. They were developed by a farmer named Rudolph Boysen in Southern ...