Idaho , a leading potato - producing state , has four clear-cut growing region , each with its own dirt type , develop season and climate . The commonwealth covers USDA Hardiness Zones 2 – with winter temperatures drop down as humbled as -45 degrees F – through 7 , where they seldom fall below zero . Growing Idaho aboriginal shrubs with berries successfully depends on finding those hardy in your surface area of the state . They range from shrubs tolerate up to 30 pes eminent to those that work on well as ornamental ground cover .

Saskatoon Serviceberry

Saskatoon serviceberry ( Amelanchier alnifolia ) is a extremity of the rose family hardy throughout Idaho . ordinarily standing 3 to 18 metrical foot high and occasionally reaching 30 feet , this shrub produces abundant clusters of little fragrant blank blossom between April and June . Its sweet , eatable blueish - purple berries are ripe by early summer , allow sight of time for harvesting before icing . Saskatoon serviceberry ’s pale green leaves make a long - hold out red or orange fall display .

The bush produce wild along Idaho ’s watercourse and hillside . birdie and wildlife tax shelter in their offshoot and feed on their Berry . The berry also make splendid preserve , pies and puddings . Plant Saskatoon Juneberry in sunlight to shade off and well - drained soil . It ’s not fussy about pH or soil type , but benefits from additional watering during drouth . bush in organically rich soil will get taller .

Twinberry Honeysuckle

Twinberry Aquilegia canadensis ( Lonicera involucrata ) is a showy perennial shrub capable of surviving at elevations of 10,000 feet . Normally growing between 3 and 8 foot , it has glossy green leaves and little vasiform flowers that change from golden yellowness to purple as they senesce . Shrubs , calculate on their localization , bloom sometime between April and August .

Attractive red bracts containing inglorious berries come after the flowers . They ’re a food source for birds and bears . industrial plant twinberry honeysuckle in sun to fill in and dampish soil . This befoulment - tolerant shrub will fetch hummingbirds and butterfly stroke to your garden .

Creeping Oregon Grape

A low shrub reach up to 3 infantry , creeping Oregon grape ( Mahonia repens ) belongs to the barberry category . It grows violent on dry hillside and in open wood , love nerveless summers and is one of the rare ground cover that performs in shade .

A distribute evergreen , pussyfoot Oregon grapevine has drooping clusters of fragrant jaundiced spring bloom attractive to butterfly and bees . Its soft blueish - green foliage , intersperse with pink and orangish leave , takes on purple and rust tones in winter . Birds feed on the graphic majestic berries that follow its blossom . Plant this shrub where it will be protected from high summer heat and dry out malarkey . It likes part shade and slightly acid soil . sandlike , loamy or chalky organically rich soils are in effect .

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