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FruitsHardyPerennial (long-lived)
Redcurrant
Redcurrant is a hardy soft-fruit bush producing translucent berries in decorative hanging strings, useful for fresh use, desserts and preserves. It is neat enough for formal fruit training yet productive enough to justify a place in almost any mixed fruit garden.
Basic information
Category
Fruits
Lifecycle
Perennial (long-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
2 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Plant spacing
150 cm
Row spacing
180 cm
Height
150 cm
Spread
150 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
Timings based on average frost dates in the UK. Sign up to set your frost dates.
Care tips
Prune redcurrants to maintain a tidy productive framework and renew fruiting wood without letting bushes become congested. Water in prolonged dry weather while berries are swelling, and net as fruit colours if birds are likely to strip the trusses.
Common pests
Birds, aphids, mildew, sawfly.
Don’t grow with
No crops to avoid have been added yet.