Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red

A traditional fruit that has been a nation's favourite since the 19th century, Gooseberries are renowned for its culinary versatility, ease of growing, and strong suitability to the chilly, damp climate of the British Isles, where the Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red is no exception. This blushed burgundy variety has a strong resistance to disease and is a prolific cropper, producing smooth skinned, sweetly flavoured red fruits which make excellent desserts and preserves. The tasty fruit is surrounded by bushy, deciduous leaves and small bell-shaped flowers from late spring where sweet red fruit then begins to develop in mid-July. This can then be harvested mid-summer and eaten from the branch as a nutritious snack or cooked into traditional pies or crumbles. We recommend covering the plants with netting as the berry grows to discourage birds from getting to the fruit. These hardy shrubs can be grown within garden borders, allotments or containers where they can be trained up fences or trellises. Supplied as bare rooted plants they can easily be planted on arrival in rows at around 1.5m apart.