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Medbury Gardens · October 25, 2010

I went looking in Google images under "South American Cranberry" till i found a photo of the bush, that lead to a UK site that were selling them.
Problem was they sell them here as New Zealand Cranberry's which is a bit miss leading really.

You say that they can withstand 18 F which is about as cold as it gets here so they should be ok,what i did with the second lot of plants was i grew them on in large pots and then kelp them in my tunnelhouse for the first winter before planting them out come spring,the winter just gone was there first outside.I covered them twice with woolen blankets when we had heavy frosts of -8C 17F even then they only just made it through.
You can see why i'm keen to grow them from seed as i want to select a more hardy a strain that can grow in this area.

October 25, 2010	#5
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	I went looking in Google images under "South American Cranberry" till i found a photo of the bush, that lead to a UK site that were selling them. Problem was they sell them here as New Zealand Cranberry's which is a bit miss leading really. You say that they can withstand 18 F which is about as cold as it gets here so they should be ok,what i did with the second lot of plants was i grew them on in large pots and then kelp them in my tunnelhouse for the first winter before planting them out come spring,the winter just gone was there first outside.I covered them twice with woolen blankets when we had heavy frosts of -8C 17F even then they only just made it through. You can see why i'm keen to grow them from seed as i want to select a more hardy a strain that can grow in this area.