Berlandier's Wolfberry

I purchased some seeds from a seller on eBay in 2015. The seeds were sprouted in peat pots in several batches. Damping off is a huge pr...Read Moreoblem with wolfberries and you had best move them out from under the humidity dome as soon as they sprout.

After growing over the summer they were about a foot in height. They survived the summer temperatures of 110 F in Boise.

I decided to leave them outside over winter to see how they would do. Unfortunately some of the plants had sprouted later in the summer/fall and had not developed enough woody stems a mature plant would have. These young plants died after making it through most of the winter. We made it down to 0 F several nights. The older plants are just fine and are starting to sprout leaves at the end of February.

I have not had flowers or fruit yet on any of the plants, although from reading I am not expecting any until the second or third year.

I've seen this growing in the wild on the 'El Camino Del Diablo Trail' (Devils' Highway) that runs between Ajo and Wellton in Arizona in ...Read Morethe Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.