What it is
Goji Berry (Lycium barbarum) is in the Solanaceae (Nightshade) family. A tough, sprawling nightshade shrub that fruits in heat and poor soil. Dry the red berries for the famous superfood.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it low — drought-tough, and give it tolerant, even poor soil. Target a soil pH around 6.5–8.0. Space plants about 3–5 ft apart. Expect roughly 2–3 yr to bear. Hardy shrub.
How it's used
Goji Berry is used: fresh or dried berries.
🔎 How to identify it
- Narrow gray-green leaves
- Arching thorny stems
- Small purple flowers
Edibility
PartsRipe fruit
UsesFresh or dried berries
CautionEat only the ripe red berries.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.