We have 3 Saskatoon bushes that produced while we were gone so we missed out on those berries. :( I tried to give Lulu the dried berries to eat but she turned her beak up at them - she wanted fresh blueberries instead. Fussy girl!
While we were away I purchased 2 more Saskatoon bushes - a Thiessen and a Smokey.
I also bought 2 haskaps - a Tundra and a Polar Jewel. Haskaps are also known as Honeyberries. They are edible blue honeysuckles that are very cold hardy. They are supposed to taste blueberry-ish with undertones of currents or raspberries. I can't wait.
I also bought a Bailey Cranberry bush. I already had a lingonberry was started from a shoot brought to Canada from Norway by Barry's grandmother in the late 1940's. I plan on using these 2 bushes to make jelly to use with roast turkey, whenever I get enough berries. The lingonberry had some berries last year but I transplanted it this year to its final resting place and it did not produce any this year.
Last year I also got some perennials from a friend cleaning out her perennial bed. These hydrangeas bloomed last year but not as prolific as this year.
Not as large as this year either. Look at the size of these blooms compared to my hand! ;)
Oh my!!
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