Soft Fruit - Gooseberries and a Currant

Happy New Year to you all

This year I would like to grow a gooseberry and a currant bush in my yard

As many of you know all my plants have to be grown in containers - I've been reliably informed I can grow both these bushes in pots but that I need a dwarf variety

thats all well and good but i haven't a clue about which ones are dwarf etc

anyone have an idea? or a website I can go to to read more about this?

thanks

 

ive never heard of dwarf varieties, i d have thot youcold prune the gooseberries anyway

 

check out buckingham-plants for "jostaberry" a compact cross

 

buckingham-nurseries sorry

 

Another idea suitable for containers is a standard gooseberry. You can buy these or train your own. I used to have a red one planted in the ground, I found it much easier to prune and it looked great. Blueberries also do well in containers, although you may need 2 for a big enough crop. I haven't tried a thornless blackberry, or a jostaberry but blackberries are so rampant I would have thought they would grow well.

 

my OH is not going to like this :D theres so much I want to grow :D

thanks everyone I'll look into jostaberries (never heard of them before!)

 

Also try this site, it gives details of plant size, I looked for upright, compact and found quite a few!
Very tempting

 

Going soft in old age, forgot link:-
http://www.welshfruitstocks.co.uk/acatalog/Soft_Fruit_Plants.html

 

damn you! that place isn't *that* far from me

I'm seeing a visit coming on soon :D