Bilberry Bushes / Plants For Sale UK

Bilberry bushes / plants for sale in the UK. There are many ways to get your daily dose of Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus). You can drink some juice, eat some dried bilberries, or have some tasty jams / preserves on your toast or cereal. But if you want to be a bit more hands on, and want to know first hand where your Bilberries have come from, what better way than to grow your own Bilberry bushes / Shrubs. 

Buy: Bilberry Seeds | Bilberry Plants / Bushes

Well actually, while it is nice to actually own one or more of these plants, if you want to obtain a decent amount of berries it really does make more sense to just buy them from somewhere else. This is because one bush won't supply that many Bilberries. People who buy these bushes to grow at home usually purchase 5 - 10+ bushes in order to reap a decent harvest when the time comes around to pick the berries. Furthermore, like other fruits, they are seasonal. So if you want them today, or in the next month, it's not going to happen. But when the date for harvesting does come around, it will be very rewarding to pick and eat berries that you have grown in your own garden.

In some areas of the UK Bilberry shrubs do grow wild, so for the most part, growing Bilberry bushes in your garden should result in all the plants actually bearing some fruit. Note: They love / prefer soil with high acid content. They also require little to no maintenance, which is great if your the type of person who wants to plant the shrubs in the ground and let nature take its course. Fancy yourself as a bit of a hiker who has a strong lower back? You could always just travel to one of the locations in the UK where Bilberries are growing wild (September time) and pick a whole container full to take home. The choice is yours.

So, where can they be found for sale. Well, firstly you have to decide, do you want to buy seeds and start them from the beginning, or would you prefer to buy them as young plants that are already rooted and growing. The easiest but more expensive option is to buy them as young plants, this way all you have to do is leave them potted for a while until they get their vigour back (from being packaged and posted through the postal system), and then either leave them potted until they grow big enough to be planted outside when the frost passes, or re-pot (preferably using ericaceous compost) into bigger containers and leave them as potted plants / shrubs.

Where to buy. They can be found for sale as seeds and small plants on various online outlets and garden centres. eBay is a great place to pick up the seeds for very cheap. And almost equally as good for purchasing young plants, too. However, don't forget about Amazon. As well as seeds, they also have a good little selection of sellers who have small shrubs for sale. And their review feedback is mostly excellent.

One seller well worth considering is Lubera. They have Bilberry Sylvana plants for sale and have great feedback from past customers. They are not cheap though, and you may need at least a few plants for it to be worth your while if your intention is to get enough fruit to be able eat / cook with, so be sure you want to grow your own before committing to purchase.

Buying Dried Bilberry Fruit Powder

Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtillus) comes in many forms. Some of those include raw fruit, organic, supplement extracts, jams, juices, teas, dried whole berries, and in power form. Bilberry is very seasonal, so trying to find it for sale in its raw form at certain times of the year can be difficult. In fact, in most other forms except supplements (which this blog does not recommend you buy), it can be fairly hard to source. There is definitely a shortage of companies offering this super food in its most popular forms.

There are many reasons behind this. One being how hard it is to grow on a big scale in a controlled environment. The other being how soft and delicate the fruit is, which makes it hard to ship in large quantities without getting damaged. Also, there's the profit Vs effort + investment for the companies, which has never been that great with this fruit. This is probably why its more rarer than everything else! Read more about that here.

Bilberry power is a sensible option, not only for the companies, but also for the consumer. However, you must be careful when choosing a brand because not all of them follow the same guide lines, and there's not many that can claim to have a great finished product. Some don't follow certain procedures, like freezing the fruit instantly before damage can occur, and then drying at the correct temperatures to make sure that as much of the goodness and taste is maintained in the fruit as possible.

Others have been known to use other parts of the plant, like leaves. Once in powder form, it is hard to spot, but the taste usually gives it away. Poorly produced powders are usually tasteless, and not really worth mixing with anything. If you've tried the bad bilberry powders, and then finally found a good one, you will notice the difference a mile off. Sadly, if you've never had a high quality powder, you will probably think that the bad quality example (if you happened to end up buying a bad one) was the way the powder generally tasted. But the quality is solely dependant on each individual company. Right down to where the fruit is harvested from, how its transported + time before frozen, and also the drying temperature / storing environment.

That brings me to the powder that I consider as the best out there for the price. It's produced by Finnberry. If the name wasn't a big enough giveaway, their Bilberries are hand picked in Finland. If you're not aware, Finland is one of the countries where Bilberries grow wild. They actually thrive there due to certain parts of the country being the perfect climate for optimal quality fruit. It's not a stretch to say that Finland produces some of the best Bilberries in the world.

So, when you add exceptional quality fruit with people who know how to successfully complete the process of quickly freezing when picked, carefully drying at the correct temperature, and then turning the berries into power, you get a great end result. 100% pure bilberry fruit powder. The reviews, and taste, speak for themselves.

Finnberry make sure that their Bilberries are dried at a temperature which allows the fruit to retain the highest possible level of nutritional value. Add to smoothies, yoghurt, porridge, cakes, and anything else you feel tempted to experiment with. Please share this post if you found it useful. Thank you, and thanks again for stopping by.