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Fruit - Gooseberries & Jostaberries
Tough, spiny gooseberry plants are easy to grow, producing generous crops of large berries for eating (if you like that tart, summery flavor), jams, and pies. The jostaberry (a gooseberry crossed with a blackcurrant) has the thornless nature of a currant with larger, sweeter fruits.
You can learn more about growing berries on our resources page.
Bareroot berries | January to March
Nearly all of our berries are sold in bareroot from January to March. We find this is the best way to get your berries started since they're dormant until the weather warms up in spring.
Potted berries | all year round
Some berries are notoriously difficult to get started from bareroot (ahem, raspberries), as many gardeners will have experienced. Because of this, we also stock a large selection of potted berries in spring and throughout the rest of the year. The best selection, and the best time to plant in order to have ripe summer berries the same year, is in spring (April to June). Outside of these times our selection can be limited.
Fruit Cage and Crop Protection Net
€12.00
Fruit cage and crop protection net This fruit cage and crop protection net is specifically designed to be used over a simple framework which can be constructed using a number of strong canes and cane joiners. The net has a square mesh which makes it ideally suited to fruit cages, easy to handle and tangle-free. It is also rot-proof and has reinf...
Grow It Bio™ Fruit | Organic Plant Food
€0.00
Grow It Bio™ Fruit | Organic Plant Food Grow It Bio™ Fruit is a certified Organic Fruit feed that is rich in nutrients, trace elements and vitamins. This feed promotes microbiological life, improves soil structure and enriches the soil, giving healthier plants and higher yields. A family owned Irish company. BenefitsRich in trace elementsFeeds...
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract
€8.00
Ocean Leaves Liquid Seaweed Extract Ocean Leaves® Liquid Seaweed Extract is made using cold-processed, hand-harvested Irish seaweed. It can be used on fruit, vegetables, flowers, shrubs, trees and lawns. Induces yield increases, enhances plant health & plant quality Increases plant tolerance to, and recovery from abiotic stresses Enhances...
Ocean Leaves, Irish Liquid Seaweed Extract with IRON
€13.50
Ocean Leaves, Irish Liquid Seaweed Extract with IRON Ocean Leaves® Liquid Seaweed Extract + Iron is made using cold-processed, hand-harvested Irish seaweed and has been fortified with Iron (2% EDTA Chelated Iron (fe) w/w). It can be used on fruit, vegetables, flowers and lawns, and is recommended for ericaceous and acid-loving plants. It is used...
Gooseberry Black Velvet
Gooseberry Black Velvet
€6.00
Gooseberry Black Velvet Actually a Gooseberry-Worcesterberry hybrid, mid-season Gooseberry Black Velvet has the huge advantage over mainstream gooseberries of being completely immune to American Gooseberry Mildew. The berries are small to medium-sized, deep purplish-red, with a very good, sweet-tart flavour somewhat reminiscent of blueberries. C...
Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Green
€8.00
Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Green A mildew-resistant gooseberry with larger than average green fruit, Ribes uva-crispa Hinnonmaki Green is a deciduous, thorny shrub of average vigour with a bushy, spreading habit. It grows to 4’/1.2m x 4’/1.2m in 2-5 years. The fruit is large and olive-green, with a sweet, aromatic taste; it can be eaten as a dessert ...
Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red
€6.00
Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red An excellent, mid-season variety bred in Finland, Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red (aka Hino Red) has become one of the most popular varieties in Europe, and is particularly suitable for very cold areas. The berries are medium-sized to large, deep wine-red, sweet and very juicy with a good flavour. Can be eaten fresh when ful...
Gooseberry Invicta
Gooseberry Invicta
€6.00
Gooseberry Invicta A very old, mid-season variety, culinary Gooseberry Invicta is widely grown for its exceptionally high yields. The berries are large, yellowish-green, with a good flavour when cooked or preserved. Can be eaten fresh when fully ripe, although the flavour as a dessert gooseberry is not first-rate. The bush is very vigorous a...
Gooseberry Leveller
Gooseberry Leveller
€6.00
Gooseberry Leveller A very old, mid-season variety, dual-purpose Gooseberry Leveller is widely grown for its high yields and exceptional flavour. The berries are very large and smooth, greenish-yellow, with excellent flavour, both when cooked or preserved, or as a dessert gooseberry when fully ripe. Makes the best gooseberry jam! The bush is mod...
Gooseberry Pax
Gooseberry Pax
€6.00
Gooseberry Pax Thought to be a cross between Gooseberry Whinham’s Industry and a thornless variety from Canada, dessert Gooseberry Pax has the advantage of being virtually thornless – which makes picking and pruning much pleasanter! The berries are medium-sized to large, deep red, with a delicious, sweet flavour. The bush is vigorous but compact...
Jostaberry
Jostaberry
€8.00
Jostaberry A hybrid between a gooseberry and a blackcurrant, the Jostaberry (pronounced ‘yustaberry’) was developed in Germany early in the last century. It looks like a (thornless!) gooseberry, and is usually grown as a bush, but stooled (planted deeply) like a blackcurrant. Jostaberry is long-lived and very vigorous, but can be pruned to a man...