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Shrubs with edible fruit

Shrubs with edible fruit
The following list is our selection of shrubs which produce edible fruit.  See plant list if the shrub you are looking for is not listed here.

Some of these you may think of as trees, so if the plant you are looking for is not here, try the fruiting trees section or search by its name.









ACCA sellowiana

ACCA sellowiana  >

Pineapple guava
Grey foliage, with handsome wine-red edible flowers and fruit. Will grow outside in milder climates
ACCA sellowiana 'Mammoth'
Large regular shaped fruits with rough skin
ACCA sellowiana 'Triumph'
Later fruiting variety with a mild flavour
CITRUS Lemon 'Meyer's Variety'
Hardy lemon which will grow outdoors in the mildest climates
CYDONIA oblonga

CYDONIA oblonga  >

Common quince
White or pale rose flowers with large golden yellow fruits in October which are suitable for jam making
CYNARA scolymus

CYNARA scolymus  >

Globe artichoke
handsome grey foliage with large blue thistle-like flowers
ERIOBOTRYA japonica
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ERIOBOTRYA japonica  >

Japanese loquat, Loquat
Large handsome corrugated leaves with clusters of white hawthorn flowers followed, in a hot summer, by yellow pear-shaped edible fruits. Hardy outside in milder areas
MUSA basjoo
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MUSA basjoo  >

Japanese banana
The hardiest of the bananas which will survive outdoors in mild areas. Although it will produce small bananas in maturity this plant is usually grown as an attractive architechural plant
PRUNUS cerasifera 'Nigra'
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PRUNUS cerasifera 'Nigra'  >

Black-leaf plum, Blaze
Red leaves when young then turning dark purple. Pink flowers
PRUNUS incisa 'Kojo No Mai'
Masses of small white or pale pink flowers very early in the spring carried on zig zag shoots
PRUNUS nipponica var. kurilensis 'Brilliant'

PRUNUS nipponica var. kurilensis 'Brilliant' >

Japanese alpine cherry, Kurile cherry
Dwarf compact habit with flowers which open white and fade to soft pink
PRUNUS spinosa

PRUNUS spinosa  >

Blackthorn, Sloe
white flowers
PRUNUS triloba

PRUNUS triloba  >

Flowering almond, Rose tree of China
Popular dwarf almond, branches wreathed with bright double pink flowers
PSEUDOCYDONIA sinensis
Semi-evergreen with flaking bark. Solitary pink flowers in spring and then large yellow egg-shaped or quince-like fruits
PUNICA granatum

PUNICA granatum  >

Pomegranate
Funnel-shaped scarlet or orange-red flowers in late summer. Needs a well drained hot site to produce fruits
RUBUS odoratus

RUBUS odoratus  >

American bramble, Flowering raspberry
Vigorous suckering and spreading shrub with attractive purplish pink flowers and edible red fruit
RUBUS tricolor

RUBUS tricolor  >

Chinese bramble
emerald green foliage covered in red bristles, white flowers
UGNI molinae

UGNI molinae  >

Chilean guava, Murtillo
(Myrtus ugni) - white flowers followed by delicious wine-red edible fruits
VACCINIUM corymbosum

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Highbush blueberry, Swamp blueberry
dense greyish green foliage, pink flowers and bluish black edible fruit


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