Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-71.28.125.141-20150921194934/@comment-26335978-20150922022630

Hmm. Yes that would be nice. Perhaps new berry bushes will randomly grow next to other berry bushes within a lapse of time after when the berry bush was placed.

It's confusing, but MC 1.9 will use a similar method for Purpur plants. When a berry (or Purpur) bush is planted, it will have a small chance of spawning another bush beside it, and then after a lapse of time (maybe 5 minutes) it will be unable to spawn more. This allows for deliberate farming while eliminating infinite growth in the wild.