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Gooseberry - Pixwell
Hardy Shrub with Edible Fruit  The Pixwell Gooseberry is a deciduous shrub that provides edible fruit. Plant a row of them along a garden fence or just one for interest in a planting bed. The most valuable feature of your Pixwell Gooseberry is of course the edible fruit it produces from July and into September. Gooseberries are often picked when they’re still firm, green an under-ripe for use in pies, preserves, wines and other dishes. However, if you can contain your excitement you’ll witness your berries transform from their green to red, and eventually a deep purple. Your berries will be softer when ripened, but also oh so sweet! Your Pixwell Gooseberry will grow up to 6 feet in height with vigorous growth and a hardy nature. It’s mildew resistant and easier to prune than other varieties due to its almost thornless nature. It has a spring bloom of flowers that you probably won’t notice. However, bees and butterflies certainly will, making this plant a valuable asset to your yard’s wildlife in the spring as well as in the fall. Gooseberries have been prized for generations, and this variety will be an outstanding asset to your garden as well. * Nutritious berries * Hardy * Beneficial to wildlife


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Raspberry - Royalty - DetailsRaspberry - Royalty - Sale Price: $42.75
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Ornamental, Fruit Bearing Shrub  The Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry is an ornamental, fruit-bearing shrub. Plant several in your garden for a bountiful summer harvest or just one amid your perennials for seasonal interest. This superior Gooseberry cultivar, unlike other gooseberries, will bear fruit for you the very first year, and tends to produce heavily. Where other gooseberries require sugar to sweeten them up a bit, this gooseberry is naturally sweeter. The low growing rounded Gooseberry bush grows to about five feet in height with a four foot spread, so you don’t need much room to plant one or several. Your Gooseberry will produce medium sized gooseberries that have a dark maroon skin with faint green highlights and lighter flesh. The tart skin and juicy, sugary flesh give the berry a unique tangy-sweet flavor that simply has to be tasted to be believed. Imagine picking some right off the bush, still warm from the summer sun! They’re also great in pies, preserves or various other dishes. As if delicious gooseberries weren’t enough, your Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry will also delight your senses with its cute little white flowers in the spring, and dramatic foliage transformation to bright red in the fall. In addition, your Gooseberry is hardy and disease resistant, so you won’t have to fuss over it or use costly chemicals. The Hinnomaki Red Gooseberry is a hardy, carefree producer of outstanding fruit that will also beautify your yard or garden even when not producing its high quantity harvest. * Spring and fall color * Outstanding fruit * Early and high producer


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