Gooseberries have been cultivated in England as far back as the 13th century but were not widely grown until the early 1500s. They come in a range of colours including red, white, green and yellow.

Gooseberries fruit on old wood rather than new shoots so they should not be cut back hard or you won’t get anything to go in your summer pies and crumbles. To be exact they fruit on spurs of wood, ...

GOOSEBERRIES can be pruned as they are among the earliest to burst their buds and start growth in spring. Gooseberries fruit on permanent spurs on old wood and well-ripened young wood. The object of ...

matter of days from one of the finest nurseries in the country. The gooseberry is rather out of vogue at present, but that need not trouble those who love its interesting texture and flavour. It will ...

This is the second in a series for pruning small fruits in the Iowa home garden by Linn County Master Gardener, Lisa Slattery. Today's blog will cover gooseberries and currants. The next two weeks ...

Regardless of the season, there is almost always a garden to-do list that you can be working on. In November, for example, there are a handful of plants that you can prune so that they come back ...

Not too many decades ago, the gentle art of growing gooseberries was known to most home gardeners. Not to worry, all things come back around and they are a fruit whose time is ripe. What is not to ...

They should be pruned now to ensure a good crop. Leading stems are cut back by half, and side shoots (or laterals) reduced to two buds. This encourages fruiting spurs. Check the framework is open ...

Garden designer Arne Maynard runs a series of courses from his magical garden Allt-y-bela in Monmouthshire. This year's one-day courses include: the scented garden, topiary, pleached trees, hedges and ...

Never mind their patchy reputation: John Cushnie reckons that gooseberries are the food of the gods I am fond of gooseberries, but they suffer from a bad press. Playing gooseberry describes that extra ...

Home landscapes aren’t just something pretty to look at these days. Many gardeners are planting fruit and berry bushes as well as vegetables among the petunias, roses and perennials. Two noteworthy ...

Not too many decades ago, the gentle art of growing gooseberries was known to most home gardeners. Not to worry, all things come back around and they are a fruit whose time is ripe. What is not to ...