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Red Currant

Red Currant

Red Currant

$20.00
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Red Currant is a highly productive deciduous fruiting shrub grown for its beautiful translucent clusters of bright ruby-red berries and delicious sweet-tart flavour. Producing generous crops during summer, red currants are perfect for fresh eating, baking, preserves, jellies, syrups and desserts.

The attractive compact shrubs produce fresh green foliage through spring and summer before developing colourful autumn tones. During flowering, small delicate blooms appear before forming hanging strings of glossy fruit that create both ornamental and edible appeal in the garden.

Red currants are easy to grow, cold hardy and ideal for home orchards, kitchen gardens and edible landscapes throughout New Zealand. Their compact size makes them particularly suitable for smaller spaces while still delivering impressive harvests year after year.

  • Expected 5 Year Height 1.5 M Width 1.5 M

Is Red Currant suitable for my garden?

Red Currant is best suited in a position that gets

  • Full sun
  • Partial shade

Red Currant is

  • Edible

Red Currant will thrive in soil that is

  • Normal
  • Nutrient rich
  • Free draining

How to establish your Red Currant?

Position

Plant in full sun to partial shade. Cooler positions with good airflow encourage healthy growth and quality fruit production.

Soil

Prefers fertile, moisture-retentive but free-draining soil enriched with compost or organic matter.

Watering

Water regularly during establishment and throughout fruit development. Avoid allowing plants to dry out completely during summer.

Feeding

Apply fruit tree fertiliser or compost in early spring and again after harvest to support strong growth and future fruiting.

Spacing

Allow approximately 1.2–1.5m between plants for airflow and easy harvesting.

How to maintain your Red Currant once established?

Prune annually during winter by removing older stems and encouraging fresh productive growth. Fruit develops best on younger wood.

Apply mulch around the base to conserve moisture and suppress weeds. Net fruit if birds become interested as berries begin to ripen.
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