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Botanical name: Ribes uva-crispa 'Whinham's Industry'
Other names: Gooseberry 'Whinham's Industry', Gooseberry 'Whinhams's Industry'
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Genus: Rubus
Variety or cultivar: 'Whinham's Industry' _ 'Whinham's Industry' is a fast growing deciduous shrub, with throny stems bearing deeply lobed leaves, inconspicuous green and pink-flushed flowers. This variety produces good quality smooth small-medium red fruits in summer.
Ribes uva-crispa 'Whinham's Industry' is: Deciduous
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Pale-yellow in Autumn
Fruit: Red in Summer
Habit: Spreading
Awards: RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Ribes uva-crispa 'Whinham's Industry' (Gooseberry 'Whinham's Industry') will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 1m after 2-5 years.
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Suggested uses: Add to salads, Banks and Slopes, Cake decoration, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Flavouring food and drinks, Hedging/Screens
Cultivation: Plant outdoors in summer in well-drained neutral soil. Prefers full sun, but part sun is tolerated. Also protect from strong winds and avoid frost pockets. Prepare the planting site will before the bush is planted.
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Clay, Loamy, Sandy |
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Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
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Neutral |
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Partial Shade, Full Sun |
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South, East, West |
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Sheltered |
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| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4), Tender in frost (H3) |
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Tip from
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To prevent gooseberry sawfly caterpillars, pick a bucket of foxglove leaves and pour over two pints of boiling water, leave for two days, strain and spray on gooseberry plants before any caterpillars are seen.
Recipe used by Forest of Dean District Council.
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