Regent Saskatoon Seeds

Originally from Bailey Nurseries in Minnesota, Regent has high yields and good quality fruit. When fully ripe, dark blue fruit has a nice sweet-tart flavor balance with a hint of almond. Highly recommended for all wild food enthusiasts who enjoy blueberries but don’t have the type of ground to grow them. The fruit can be used the same way. Saskatoons have ten times more vitamin C than blueberries. This selection is more dwarf than the alnifolia or western forms of saskatoons. It is like the running Juneberry called stolonifera.  It usually reaches only 4-8 ft. tall in most locations. It tends to stolon or runner out from the plant making it easy to propagate from root cuttings. From seed it is very uniform and is fine to produce that way as there appears to be very little variation.

The plants begin fruiting in 2-3 years from planting. The flavor, consistent yields and its ease of cultivation make it an ideal edible landscape plant. It also can be netted easily to prevent birds from getting the fruit.