PlantFiles: Stretchberry
Forestiera pubescens var. glabrifolia

I have not grown this plant. Stretchberry (Forestiera pubescens var. glabrifolia) is native to New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas in the USA. It is also commonly known as smooth-leaf forestiera, elbow-bush, spring-herald, stretch-berry, devil’s elbow, and chaparral. The small blooms which are bisexual appear before the plant leafs out in spring. The purple or black, elliptic drupes( fruit) is edible. Children sometimes chew the berries along with regular gum in order to produce a bubble gum type effect.

"Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe in a cold frame [200 Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.

Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame [11 Bean. W. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement. Murray 1981; 200 Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992]. Easy.

Cuttings of mature wood, November to February in a frame or sheltered outdoor bed."

Quote from Plants For A Future, 1996-2008 Copyrighted which lists the numbered references - I inserted the references themselves as provided under the Creative Commons License cited on the Plants for a Future web page.