Who needs flowers when you can grow attractive Vines with Red Berries? A great show for the garden and food for the wildlife!
Vines with red berries add a colorful element in the garden space, creating a contrasting mix of fruits and foliage!
Vines with Red Berries
1. Honeysuckle
Botanical Name: Lonicera
Length: 10-16 feet
Container Size: 18-20 inches
Honeysuckle is mostly grown for flowers but it grows berries, too! For edible fruits, grow Lonicera caerulea, otherwise you can never go wrong with its beautiful flowers that you can train to climb anywhere!
Note: Berries from Lonicera periclymenum (common honeysuckle) and Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle) are toxic to humans but some birds consume them.
2. Bittersweet
Botanical Name: Solanum dulcamara
Length: 10-12 feet
Container Size: 16-20 inches
Bittersweet is a herbaceous vine that produces shiny red berries. These toxic fruits have medicinal uses, but they contain solanine that is dangerous for human consumption.
With an impressive height and spread, these vines with red berries are great to train over arbors or even designer trellises in the garden!
3. American Wintergreen
Botanical Name: Gaultheria procumbens
Length: 4-6 feet
Container Size: 12-15 inches
Wintergreen vine produces red berries that’s completely safe for human consumption! The fruits have a mild minty flavor, and you can use them to flavor teas, in candies, cakes and pastries, too!
Thanks to its size, it is quite manageable, which means you can either grow it along the patio railing to cover it, or as a standalone plant in containers, both!
4. Buckthorn
Botanical Name: Genus frangula
Length: Over 10 feet
Container Size: 14-18 inches
You must grow this plant not only for its ornamental value, but also for the fact that it is a food source for many birds. Do note that the plant is an aggressive grower, so you may have to prune these vines with red berries from time to time.
5. Coralberry
Botanical Name: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus
Length: 2-5 feet
Container Size: 16-18 inches
Carmine coralberry produces ample berries for the birds. Its fruits are not fit for human consumption, so no matter how much they tempt you, stay away!
Simply grow these vines with red berries along the fence or a bland wall, and watch it cover them in no time! Also, a great plant for informal hedging, it is!
6. Wineberry
Botanical Name: Rubus phoenicolasius
Length: 6-8 feet
Container Size: 14-16 inches
Wineberry Whirlwind is an invasive vine that produces bright red raspberry-like fruits. The berries have a tart, tasty flavor and are used for jams, snacks, and winemaking.
For the best growth, make sure the plant gets plenty of bright sun for the most part of the day, especially if you want it to be covered with those red berries!
7. Redcurrant
Botanical Name: Ribes rubrum
Length: 3-5 feet
Container Size: 12-14 inches
Red currant is a deciduous vine that produces dangling clusters of shiny red berries that have a sweet-tarty taste. You can use them in jams, juices, or desserts.
As the vine takes its own sweet time to grow, and does not spread much, it is a great option for sunny porches, patios, or balconies.
8. Five Flavor Berry
Botanical Name: Schisandra chinensis
Length: 4-6 feet
Container Size: 14-16 inches
What makes these berries interesting, apart from adding a contrasting look to the plant, is their flavor, which is a mix of sweet, salty, bitter, pungent, and sour! Use them in jams, salads, cakes, or pastries!
All it needs is a bit of support, so growing it along the fence poles will do the trick.
