Gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa

Status

Native and introduced.

Distribution

Widespread with a bias towards the south of the County.

Habitats

Diverse: woodland, scrub, road verges & waste ground.

Requirements

Will grow on a broad range of soils. Light demanding.

Recommendations

A small, thorny, fruit-bearing shrub. Suitable for planting in small numbers in woodland margins and hedgerows.

Origins/provenance

Unlikely to have been widely planted in the past other than on a very local scale using local plant material or fruit cultivars. Use plants of local provenance or FC seed zones 302 & 204 and avoid garden varieties.

Further Information

• View interactive map of Local Seed Zones Map