We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!

We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Chocolate Berry / Himalayan Honeysuckle

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chocolate berry / himalayan honeysuckle
Leycesteria formosa
Shrub
Attracts pollinators
Edible and delicious fruit
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This is a special and very ornamental deciduous shrub.  Bright green branches and stalks display elegant clusters of dark brown berry clusters.  When ripe, these berries taste like chocolate.  This shrub can get above 6 feet but can be easily kept small and beautifully dense with pruning.  In cold winters, its above ground parts may die back somewhat.  The unique flavor of this plant’s fruit is sure to please. Read more