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Blackcurrants are easy to grow, producing bunches of dark purple berries from July to August and are rich in vitamin C. Their tart flavoured fruits can be made into pies, jams and cordials. A blackcurrant bush can also be grown in containers if you are short on space. Their delicious fruits are ready for picking in July.

Plant in a well-drained soil in a full sun or partial shaded position. Avoid sites that are prone to winds or late frosts. After two years of planting, prune a third of the branches back in the winter to enable new, fresh growth. The blackcurrant bush is high yielding, and produces a crop of good quality soft fruit.

Baldwin

Baldwin

Blackcurrant

Mid season. Medium berries, hang well. Rich for vitamin ‘C’. Still the best flavoured blackcurrant of them all!

Ben Connan®

Ben Connan®

Blackcurrant

Early to mid season. Large berries on short trusses. Good flavour. Good frost, pest and disease resistance.

Ben Lomond

Ben Lomond

Blackcurrant

Large fruit with deliciously sweet flavour of juicy berries. Heavy yielding, mid-late season. Good frost resistance.

Ben Sarek ®

Ben Sarek®

Blackcurrant

Early season. Large berries, short strigs. Small, compact. Heavy cropper. Some frost and mildew resistance.

Big Ben

Big Ben

Blackcurrant

The largest blackcurrant, bearing more than double the fruit size of standard varieties with good flavour too.

Black 'n' Red®

Black ‘n’ Red Premiere®

Blackcurrant

Super sweet fruit combined with attractive red/burgundy leaves. Mildew resistant.

Titania

Titania

Blackcurrant

Mid season. Very large fruits of superb quality, mildew and rust resistant. Excellent for baking into pies!

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