Can you eat nannyberry

Thank you for this detailed and delightful description of the nannyberry. I discovered these on our hike yesterday and wondered what they were. I love the inclusion of the chipmunk visitor. The furry forager is my favorite part of the story. How nice, Andrea! Thanks for sharing. Wild foods are certainly part of my health plan.

Any idea on whether the flowers can be used like black elderberry for making cordial or syrups? I only know the fruit to be edible. You provide a very detailed picture and description of all parts of the plant. Leave a Comment Cancel reply. Jump to Recipe Print Recipe. No ratings yet. A delicious, naturally sweetened spread made from wild nannyberries and maple syrup. Course: Snack. Cuisine: American. Keyword: fruit butter, nannyberry, viburnum lentago, wild fruit. Servings: 4.

Equipment Food mill or high speed blender. Ingredients 10 cups nannyberries 7 cups water. Instructions Wash the nannyberries well and drain, then combine with the water, bring to a simmer, and cook for minutes on low heat, mashing them up to extract a thick puree.

Pass the mixture through a food mill or strainer while hot, and discard the seeds. To finish the nannyberry-maple butter add 1 cup maple to the above yield of puree, then process in a blender in batches to make it extra smooth. Bake, whisking occasionally for about minutes at or until you can notice the evaporation and the mixture is thickened to your liking.

The flowers are in diameter with about five whitish petals arranged in large round terminal cymes of sizes cms in diameter. The flowers appear in late spring. Fruit : The fruit of this beautiful tree is a small round dupe which is blue-black in color. The stem is mm and has a reddish hue. The fruit is thick skinned, sweet, juicy and oblong. The seed is oval and flat in nature. Also, apart from the above subspecies, the Viburnum lentago or Nannyberry has been hybridized with Viburnum prunifolium in the gardens to give out to another variety known as Viburnum x jackii.

This species grows best in rich, moist area with clay-loam soil. They inhabit the borders of the forests, in fence corners and along roadsides, near stream banks or swamp borders. They are found in the upland woods in the wild and tolerate both acid and alkaline soils. The Nannyberry grows best under full sun to part shady regions. It cannot grow in soggy soils. It requires 4 to 5 feet space in between to grow properly.

In , a Eurasian insect, the viburnum leaf beetle, was discovered in Ontario. It hopped the border and was first seen in New York State in Since that time it has made great strides in a southerly direction. All our native viburnums are potential victims and highbush cranberry is especially susceptible. Both the adults and the larvae feed on viburnum leaves and the results can be deadly. If streambanks were to lose their nannyberries or highbush cranberries, dry woods their maple-leaved viburnums, or mossy woods their hobblebush, the landscape would not be the same.

Many thanks, Virginia, for the detail you included two years ago in your description of the Nannyberry viburnum lentago. From April to October in , I have taken photos of this plant on a walk I take and this helped verify that it is indeed the nannyberry. To ensure a respectful dialogue, please refrain from posting content that is unlawful, harassing, discriminatory, libelous, obscene, or inflammatory. Northern Woodlands assumes no responsibility or liability arising from forum postings and reserves the right to edit all postings.