spp.) are all extremely hardy deciduous shrubs. They grow arching stems to 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide; most are thorny. The foliage is medium-green and hawthornlike with small, greenish flowers. The ...

Fall is one of the best times of the year to garden, and it's an excellent opportunity to plant shrubs in your yard or garden — including fruit producers such as gooseberries (Ribes spp.).

Iowa State University Extension Master Gardener Lisa Slattery provided the following about gooseberries and currants: Last week I mentioned that gardeners should consider adding small fruits to their ...

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.

Gooseberry is another great fruit for the home garden. The genus Ribes is home to both gooseberries and currants, so these two plants are closely related. Both are hardy and productive. One way to ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Gooseberry Pixwell (Ribes hirtellum "Pixwell") is a tasty addition to a small home garden. Pixwell is a North American variety of gooseberry that originated in 1932 in North Dakota. At that time, ...

Oblivious of the bitter cold, Stephen Muyita, a farmer, tends to a fruit crop whose value to many remains unclear. As he leads Seeds of Gold into his farm, we pass through hundreds of gooseberry ...

This slow-growing, cold-hardy shrub — up to 12 feet tall — is native to the Caribbean region and features clusters of bright-orange, fragrant flowers and showy, inch-wide fruit. Barbados Gooseberry ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I once had a fat and happy gooseberry in my garden. As I recall, this shrub was about as low maintenance as it gets. It survived 30 below zero several years ...