Ribes ‘Black Velvet’
Ribes 'Black Velvet' is a black gooseberry with large crops of delicious, high quality, purple-black to burgundy-black fruit.
Ribes ‘Black Velvet’ is a black gooseberry with large crops of delicious, high quality, purple-black to burgundy-black fruit that have an almost blueberry-like flavour. Plants are vigorous and disease resistant. It is a hybrid of R. uva-crispa and R. hirtellum. Gooseberries are highly nutritious and are particularly high in vitamin A and phosphorus. They can be used in desserts or eaten fresh to enjoy their sweet/tart flavour. They are self-fertile and extremely hardy, at least to zone 3.
Common Name: Black Gooseberry
Family: Grossulariaceae (The Gooseberry Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Sun Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries: Purple
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Moist to dry forests and rock outcrops in lowlands and mountains.
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