Winberrys?

[alldigging]

These are apparently Vaccinium myrtillus - or bilberry.

Anyone grow them?

Are they fussy on soil?

Cuttings or seeds?

[rustylady]

Lovely, but not worth growing at home I think. They grow wild on moorland, so acid soil.

[alldigging]

Lovely, but not worth growing at home I think. They grow wild on moorland, so acid soil.

Thats what I thought but the first couple of places selling seeds didn't mention the acid soil.

[VirginVegGrower]

Japanese wineberry or the bilberry?

[veggiechicken]

Whinberry, Bilberry, or Whortleberry, VVG. I wouldn't give up space in my garden to anything that I could forage for - and that includes Whinberries
Here's an interesting website Vaccinium myrtillus | Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

[VirginVegGrower]

These are apparently Vaccinium myrtillus - or bilberry.

Anyone grow them?

Are they fussy on soil?

Cuttings or seeds?

They grow on the moors near Ilkley

[Moo's Mum]

If anyone is up near Aberwystwyth there are literally hundreds of bilberry bushes around devil's bridge waterfalls. The walk to them is a killer though

[alldigging]

Yeah I've been told where they are fairly local - if you don't mind a decent drive and then a walk... Just think having them a bit closer would be handy.

[Moo's Mum]

Back breaking work picking them! Where I grew up there was a huge patch of common land and they grew there. My mum used to get my sister and I to pick them....child labour

[alldigging]

Back breaking work picking them! Where I grew up there was a huge patch of common land and they grew there. My mum used to get my sister and I to pick them....child labour

Picking them might not be a problem as I have a neighbour who loves them. She makes winberry pies too.