Maqui Berry - Aristotelia

[alanc]

Another fad healthy berry,

Has anyone grown it? Can't seem to find seed of it.

hah, just found a link:
www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/ESeeds.htm?G_CAT=CT30&G_START=0&G_SRCH=aristotelia&B1=Find

www.maquiberryreviewed.com/,

Which is more formally known as A.chilense
www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Aristotelia+chilensis

A. chilense is hardy to zone 9 or -10 degrees C.(14 degrees F) Chilean wineberry.
www.chileflora.com/Florachilena/FloraEnglish/HighResPages/EH0230.htm
www.fruitipedia.com/macqui%20Aristotelia%20chilensis.htm

And it's dioecious. Says zone 8 here.
www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Aristotelia+chilensis

Aristotelia is a genus of five Southern Hemisphere shrub and tree species: 2 in New Zealand; 2 in Australia; 1 in Chile and Argentina.
www.arthurleej.com/p-o-m-Sep06.html

Thanks
Alan

[stevil]

The closest I've got to growing this is that I had cuttings from a plant in Southern England a few years back, but they didn't take. Probably wouldn't be hardy here anyway...

B&T World Seeds have seed: www.b-and-t-world-seeds.com/carth.asp?species=Aristotelia%20chilensis&sref=83786