Lycium barbarum

Lycium barbarum also known as the goji berry is touted as a super food packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.

Lycium barbarum also known as the goji berry is touted as a super food packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. It is a deciduous shrub that blooms with purple flowers in late spring to early summer. The bright orange-red goji berries ripen from August to October.

Common Name:  Goji Berry

Family:  Solanaceae (The Deadly Nightshade Family)

Zone Hardiness:  5-10

Light:  Full Sun, Part Sun

Height:  4-6'

Width:  2-3'

Primary Bloom Colour:  Purple

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Yellow

Bloom Time:  Spring

Foliage Colour:  Green

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Shrub

Soil Moisture:  Average

Stem Colour:  

Fragrance:  No

Berries:  Red

Benefits:  Bees

Deer Resistant:  Unknown

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  

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Geographical Origin:  Europe and Western Russia, Southwest Asia and Asia Minor