2013 Promising barbarum ‘Phoenix Tears’ Promising Qualities  Berries currently very popular  Fewer thorns than other

FAMILY  Fruits and flowers until heavy frost  Very drought tolerant once established GENUS Lycium Lycium barbarum, berry, has become very popular in SPECIFIC EPITHET recent years. The berries contain high levels of antioxidants barbarum and are considered a “superfood.” Chemicals found in the plant have shown to be effective for treating hyperglycemia (Dr. ‘Phoenix Tears’ James Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Database). COMMON NAMES L. barbarum is native to temperate parts of China, but has been Goji berry, Chinese boxthorn, naturalized elsewhere. brought to Utah by Chinese Chinese wolfberry, Barbary railroad workers in the mid-1800s continue to thrive and have matrimony-vine been surviving and seeding themselves along the trans- SYNONYMS continental rail line, through extreme heat and biting cold, for Lycium halimifolium, L.vulgare 150 years. Plants develop thorns after their second year. These can be Narrow, alternate controlled by proper pruning. The plants are self fertile; fruits FLOWER COLOR form in the third year primarily on new growth. Lateral shoots, Light purple, bell-shaped which can become invasive, also form in the third year. BLOOM PERIOD The L. barbarum cultivar ‘Phoenix Tears’ is sold by the Phoenix May through summer Tears Nursery in Logan, Utah. Their cuttings are from the PLANT TYPE same Promontory Point bushes left behind by the Chinese perennial workers. PROPAGATION Cuttings, lateral shoots Reference: USES Photos: Access Dr. Duke’s database Top left: ewKennel Medicinal, culinary through www.ars-grin.gov/ HEIGHT/WIDTH cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot 10’ tall (can be trimmed to 4’)

LIGHT Full sun to partial shade Where can I find this plant? SOIL Alkaline (pH higher than 7.0) Raintree Nursery WATER www.raintreenursery.com At roots 1 inch or more every One Green World two weeks for new plants www.onegreenworld.com HABIT Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Co. On a trellis like a vine, or www.Gurneys.com trimmed to a bush HARDINESS The HerbNO Photo Society of America Permission from E. Haug Hardy to -27⁰F; likes hot dry 9109 Kirtland-Chardon Rd. summers Kirtland, OH 44094