Three Native Shrubs with Edible Berries

After our trip to the Garden in the Woods, and speaking to a friend about our quest for native, edible plants and shrubs (isn't it sometimes funny that when you're ready for a particular idea, you come across it via several avenues?) I was inspired to purchase three shrubs that each produce edible berries and are suitable for a part-shade location like ours. I'm writing this post in part to keep the information together for myself, but I think it might be of interest to other in the Northeast! So here we go, my new friends in the far back of the yard (from left to right): 

One serviceberry:

        

One black chokeberry: 

       

And one spikenard: 

             

For now I'm hoping that none of them are deer food, but next year, I hope to see some flowers and berries (though likely it'll take another 2 growing seasons).