Currants
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Redcurrant Bush (Bare Rooted)
£11.99
(1 Plant)A heavy cropping redcurrant bush to grow
This bright and juicy redcurrant plant is an extremely heavy cropper and perfect for UK conditions. This variety is great for growing in containers, which helps to keep things simple as the plant will maintain its bush-like shape fairly easily without needing much in the way of training or pruning – we like things that are easy! It will do well in sun or partial shade. Re-pot the plant into a slightly larger container every three years, and you should get good results.Number of plants: 1 bare rooted plant for winter planting
Variety: Jonker van Tets
In the kitchen: Redcurrants are perfect to use in sweet and savoury sauces, smoothies, jams, jellies, and pies.
Delivery Information: Bare-Rooted Fruit and Strawberry Runners are shipped in December and January (and possibly February, depending on weather/availability) for winter planting while the plants are dormant.
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Blackcurrant – Ben Lomond (Bare Rooted)
£11.99
(1 Plant)A popular blackcurrant variety for UK growing
This is one of the most popular varieties of blackcurrant grown in the UK – well suited to colder climates and frost pockets – and requires minimum pruning between seasons. It is also quite resistant to mildew. It can be happily grown in pots, but be sure to water regularly during the summer as pots dry out quite quickly. You can let this variety grow quite bushy, just pruning lightly in autumn to remove/trim back weaker shoots. These plants come bare rooted.Number of plants: 1 bare rooted plant for winter planting
Variety: Ben Lomond
In the kitchen: Blackcurrants are perfect for summery puddings, great for making jams and can easily be frozen.
Delivery Information: Bare-Rooted Fruit and Strawberry Runners are shipped in December and January (and possibly February, depending on weather/availability) for winter planting while the plants are dormant.
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Pinkcurrant – Gloire de Sablon (Bare Rooted)
£11.99
(1 Plant)Translucent pink currants with amazing scent
This is a slightly more unusual addition to the fruit garden with beautiful translucent pink currants that have a wonderful scent and are bursting with sweet, juicy flavour. Fruits ripen from mid July. If you’re new to growing currants, this is a great place to start – you needn’t worry about pruning other than pruning out the weaker branches over autumn/winter. Great for containers, or grown in the ground.
Number of plants: 1 bare rooted plant for winter planting
Variety: Gloire de Sablon
In the kitchen: This harvested berry is delicious in summery puddings, used for making jams or even freezing.
Delivery Information: Bare-Rooted Fruit and Strawberry Runners are shipped in December and January (and possibly February, depending on weather/availability) for winter planting while the plants are dormant.
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Whitecurrant – White Versailles (Bare Rooted)
£11.99
(1 Plant)Deliciously sweet whitecurrants
This is a very popular whitecurrant variety because it produces heavy crops and the currants are usually very sweet (they are naturally sweeter than other currants, they just need the sunshine to sweeten them up!) It is a bushy variety, which makes it easy for pruning – you can just cut back old wood and any weak shoots – and you don’t need to train it. Whitecurrants will do well grown in a large container (do this gradually, by re-potting every two or three years to a container a little larger than the one before) or in the ground but be sure to dig in plenty of compost or well-rotted manure before planting.
You’ll receive a growing guide with your plants.
Number of plants: 1 bare rooted plant for winter planting
Variety: White Versailles
In the kitchen: This harvested berry is delicious in summery puddings, used for making jams or even freezing.
Delivery Information: Bare-Rooted Fruit and Strawberry Runners are shipped in December and January (and possibly February, depending on weather/availability) for winter planting while the plants are dormant.