PIXWELL GOOSEBERRY Ribes uva-crispa 'Pixwell'

Hardiness / Exposure: Zone 3 / Full to part sun

Height: 3 ft - 4ft

Spread: 3ft -4 ft

Foliage Colour: Green

Fall Foliage: Yellow

Growth Habit: Upright

Flower Colour: Yellow

Bloom Time: Spring

Fruit: Green fruit turning to pink and then to dark red.

Harvest: Mid-summer

Key Features: Pixwell Gooseberry does need a pollinator to produce berries. It produces tasty fruit that are ready by mid-summer. When fully ripe the fruit is sweet. The shrub does have thorns.

Uses: Jam and desserts, fresh eating when fully ripe.

 

Planting Instructions: 

-Dig a hole 2-3 times the root ball width and same depth as root ball.

-Carefully remove plastic pot and cut through any circling roots.

-Position the root ball in the center of the hole and ensure the tree is standing straight. If necessary, tip the root ball to adjust the tree.

-Partially backfill the hole with loamy soil, tamp the soil with your heel to remove air pockets, water to settle the soil and finish backfilling around the root ball with good soil.  Avoid using heavy clay-based soil.

-Remove tags and labels.

-Water soil well at planting and continue to water throughout the summer. Do not not let the tree go dry.

-Applying mulch will help help retain moisture and reduce weeds.