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Yellow Goji (Lycium barbarum)
Yellow Goji (Lycium barbarum)
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Yellow Goji (Lycium barbarum) is an uncommon goji selection with small, oblong yellow orange fruit. The berries are mildly sweet and less tangy than many red goji selections and can be eaten fresh, dried, or used in tea. The shrub tolerates poor, dry soil and becomes drought tolerant once established.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 5
- Mature size
- 3 to 6 ft when prunedMuch taller if left alone, with long arching canes
- Fruit
- Small, oblong yellow orange berriesMildly sweet and less tangy than most red goji
- Uses
- Fresh, dried or in tea
- First fruit
- Goji usually begins fruiting at about two years oldGeneral guidance for goji, counted from the age of the plant
- Site and soil
- Full sun and soil that drains wellDrought tolerant once established
More about this plant
Keeping it in bounds
Goji sends out long arching canes, and older plants spread by suckers. Pruning, or tying the canes to a trellis, keeps the bush tidy and makes picking easier. Flowers and fruit keep coming from mid summer into fall.
Cold hardinessZone 5 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 5 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – CanadaPollination
One plant sets fruit on its own. A second goji is not needed.