Gooseberry
How to Grow Gooseberries in the UK Gooseberries reward a little winter attention with fruit that can be picked tart for cooking or left to soften and sweeten. A single bush can crop, and cordons offer an alternative where space is tight. This guide covers the hardy deciduous fruit bush Ribes uva-crispa, not the unrelated […]
Ground Cherry
How to Grow Ground Cherries in the UK Ground cherries hide small golden fruits inside papery husks on low, spreading plants. This guide covers the annual crop sold as Physalis pruinosa, including Cossack Pineapple and Aunt Molly’s. Start it in warmth, give it a sheltered summer position and wait for fully ripe fruit before eating. […]
Honeyberry
How to Grow Honeyberries in the UK Honeyberries are hardy deciduous bushes grown for blue fruits with a sweet, tangy flavour. They are edible selections of Lonicera caerulea, also called haskap or blue honeysuckle. Give them sunshine, moisture and a compatible flowering partner, then allow the berries to ripen fully before picking. Hardy outdoor fruit […]
Blackberry
How to Grow Blackberries in the UK A trained blackberry can provide a generous late summer harvest without becoming an impenetrable bramble patch. Start with a named fruiting variety, give it suitable supports and learn which canes carry the crop. Most garden blackberries fruit on the previous year’s growth, while primocane selections such as Reuben […]
Blackcurrant
How to Grow Blackcurrants in the UK Blackcurrants provide strongly flavoured summer berries from a permanent fruit bush. Renewing old stems gradually keeps young productive wood coming through. Choose a healthy named plant, allow access for picking and plan crop protection. This guide covers ordinary bushes; plants trained on a tall single stem need different […]
Blueberry
How to Grow Blueberries in the UK Blueberries reward careful soil preparation with spring blossom, summer fruit and vivid autumn leaves. The deciding factor is acidity. Give them the right root environment first, then plan for steady moisture and another compatible variety nearby. This guide covers garden highbush blueberries and related hardy hybrids, rather than […]
Boysenberry
How to Grow Boysenberries in the UK Boysenberries produce large, dark, juicy summer fruits on long canes. They have blackberry, raspberry, loganberry and dewberry ancestry. Give them strong support and keep this year’s new canes separate from those carrying the current crop. Hybrid cane fruit Self fertile Summer harvest Needs support Annual pruning Boysenberry growing […]
