Description
Size (HxW): 3-4’ x 4-5’
Fruit Size: 2 cm
Planting Location: Sheltered
Zone 3
- Sweet, tangy red fruit is good for fresh eating, jelly, jam & pies
- Heavy producing shrub, even when young
- Fruit ripens in July; turns red to purple once fully ripened
- Cold hardy and resistant to powdery mildew
- Green leaves turn a pleasant yellow in the fall.
- Produces fruit approximately 1-2 years after planting
- Self fertile, does not need a cross pollinator for fruit
- If planting pollinators, plant within 200’ for best results
- Caution: This plant has many sharp and prominent thorns
- Medium Growth Rate: 5-10”/year
- Native to North America
- Common pests: currant fruit worm feeds on foliage in mid-summer, does not effect the long term health of the plant and/or fruit production
