Ribes

Ribes plants for sale online

Ribes plants for sale online for delicious berries from the garden. Ribes is available in many different varieties. There are red gooseberries, yellow gooseberries, red berries, black currants and white berries. All these berry bushes are low maintenance shrubs that make fantastic garden plants. These fruit plants will thrive, whether you grow them in your vegetable patch or in a city garden. Berry bushes are not only easy to grow, but they also flower with beautiful blossom in the spring and provide you with tasty fruits in the summer. Plant berry bush in a sunny garden spot, so that its fruit has a chance to fully develop and ripen. The more sunlight this shrub gets, the sweeter the berries will be. Ribes plants for sale online for delicious summer fruit from your own garden.

Ribus nigrum

Ribus nigrum is one of the most popular berry varieties for sale online. Blackcurrant is widely used for cooking. Eaten straight from the plant, they are not the tastiest berry but processed in berry juice, berry jam or a homemade berry liqueur they are fantastic. After picking, blackcurrants can be kept for 2 to 3 days, so it is advisable to pick the berries just before you wish to process them. Another bonus: black currants are easy to freeze. For a beautiful harvest, this fruit bush needs a nice sunny spot in the sun, where the bush also has the space to grow vertically. Ribes nigrum requires well-drained, humus-rich soil to thrive.

How to prune berry bushes

The best time prune berry bushes is in early spring. Pruning berry bushes keep the plants healthy as well as stimulating a good flowering and greater crop of berries. Prune the bush into shape in the spring by pruning away dead canes and diseased branches.