By Admin, on October 7th, 2011
Author 3268zauber on Wikimedia Commons
Redcurrants and Whitecurrants – Top Tips for Successful Growing
Redcurrants, and their less well known cousins, whitecurrants are some of the most useful, and most easily grown fruit bushes available to the gardener. Not only do they produce tasty nutritious fruit, crammed with Vitamin C and anti-oxidants but . . . → Read More: Top tips for growing currants
By Admin, on October 6th, 2011
Blackcurrant Plants Photo by Tim Knight
Planting
Having established the most favourable site with suitable soil, the grower is ready to begin planting. The grower must also choose a range of varieties, suitable for their location; for example, later flowering varieties can be planted in more frost susceptible areas, as they are less . . . → Read More: Blackcurrant Planting and Growing
By Admin, on September 22nd, 2011
Salmonberry Blossom Photo by David McMaster
Botanical Name: Rubus spectabilis
Contributed By: USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center & Oregon Plant Materials Center
Uses
Ethnobotanical: Salmonberry fruits are edible, but are considered too soft to dry. Both the large, raspberry-like fruit and the young shoots were widely eaten by coastal peoples of British . . . → Read More: Salmonberry
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