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Sweet Lifeberry® Goji Berry Lycium barbarum

Exposure
  • Sun
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
12' 7' 3.7m 2.1m
Height: 10' - 12'
Spread: 5' - 7'
Height: 3.0m - 3.7m
Spread: 1.5m - 2.1m
  • 120 - 144 Inches
    60 - 84 Inches
    60 - 84 Inches
    3.0m - 3.7m
    1.5m - 2.1m
    1.5m - 2.1m

    Features

    This variety is no longer available from Proven Winners®. The information on this page is for reference only. 

    Red Fruit

    Produces Berries
    Attracts: 
    Birds

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Shrub
    Shrub Type: 
    Deciduous
    Height Category: 
    Medium
    Garden Height: 
    120 - 144 Inches 3.0m - 3.7m
    Spacing: 
    60 - 84 Inches 1.5m - 2.1m
    Spread: 
    60 - 84 Inches 1.5m - 2.1m
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Dark Green
    Habit: 
    Mounding Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Thriller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    Maintenance Category: 
    Easy
    Blooms On: 
    New Wood
    Bloom Time: 
    Early Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Mid Summer
    Bloom Time: 
    Late Summer
    Hardiness Zones: 
    5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
    Water Category: 
    Average
    Uses: 
    Landscape
    Uses Notes: 

    Landscapes

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Does best in well-drained neutral to slightly alkaline soils. At planting time, sink a 1x1" wood stake near the plant and bundle the canes around it. Let the tips of the stems cascade down, like a fountain. Each spring, move the tied point up further along the stake so that about one-quarter of the growth is above the tie. Then cut the branch tips back by 4-6". This encourages lateral branching, which is where most of the flowering and fruiting takes place. 

    Grow superfruit in your own backyard! Fruits become especially sweet when dried. Goji berries are easy to grow in full sun, although some staking is recommended for maximum access to the nutrient-rich fruit. A pollinator is not needed.  Find out more.

     

    Sweet Lifeberry® Lycium barbarum 'SMNDSL'
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