Buy blackcurrant, redcurrant and whitecurrant bushes from Carrob Growers
Soft Fruit & Vines ~ Currants
Currant bushes
Blackcurrants are easy to grow where adequate moisture is available in Summer and do well on clay soils. Plant in an open position, sheltered from cold Spring winds and late frosts. Prune out one third of the old growth annually and feed/mulch well with plenty of nitrogen and potash. One blackcurrant bush can produce up to 4.5 kg of fruit per year.
Redcurrants are heavy yielding bushes, invaluable for culinary use and freezing. Easy to grow as cordons, fans or standards where they can make an eye-catching feature against a fence or wall. Redcurrants thrive on most soils. Feed annually with good garden compost and a balanced organic feed. Plant 1.5 m apart.
Whitecurrants are grown as for redcurrants.
BLACKCURRANT BEN CONNAN
Heavy cropping variety producing large, glossy currants of good flavour for easy picking.
Compact bushes 1.2 x 1.2 m with good resistance to mildew and leaf curl. Very frost tolerant. Early-mid season (early July)
£6.50/bush
BLACKCURRANT BEN GAIRN
Medium-sized blackcurrant fruit of excellent flavour.
Early season currant variety with resistance to reversion and foliar diseases.
Early July.
Early July.
Not Available 2016
BLACKCURRANT BEN HOPE
High yielding blackcurrant variety with exceptional flavour.
Mid season currant variety with resistance to gall mite and foliar diseases. Tall and best planted in sheltered spot Mid July.
Not Available 2016
BLACKCURRANT BEN TIRRAN
High yielding medium-sized blackcurrant fruits of good flavour.
Late season. A couple of weeks later than other varieties. A useful addition to extend the season. Late July.
£6.50/bush
BLACKCURRANT EBONY
New blackcurrant variety. Sweet enough to eat uncooked. Large fruits.
Spreading habit. Early July.
Not Available 2016
REDCURRANT ROVADA
High yields of large, well-flavoured quality red fruits.
Late season. Rovada stores well.
July-Aug.
July-Aug.
£7.50/bush
WHITECURRANT BLANKA
Heavy cropping whitecurrant variety with long trusses of large fruits.
Late July.
£7.50/bush
