My Plants List
Create your own plant list and get plant care reminders direct to your inbox!
My Plant Care
Get more detailed care advice, specific how-to guides and care reminder prompts right to your inbox!
My Garden Match
Check you are planting correctly with our unique garden match tool.
Did you know 30% of new plants purchased die within the first year because they are planted in the wrong place? Don't make that costly and upsetting mistake!
My Questions
Ask a question, make a comment and discuss plants and gardening!
My Plants List
Create your own plant list and get plant care reminders direct to your inbox!
 |
Advanced
skill rating |
 |
1.5m
max. spread |
 |
1.5m
max. height |
 |
2-5 years
to maturity |
 |
5 hours care
per year |
Botanical name: Ribes uva-crispa 'Whitesmith'
Other names: Ribes 'Whitesmith', Gooseberry 'Whitesmith'
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add this plant to your plants list
Genus: Rubus
Variety or cultivar: 'Whitesmith' _ 'Whitesmith' is an upright, deciduous, heavy fruit cropping shrub with green, shallow lobed leaves, and greenish-yellow, large, oval berries in summer that are good for eating and for cooking.
Ribes uva-crispa 'Whitesmith' is: Deciduous
Flower: White in Summer
Foliage: Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer; Pale-yellow in Autumn
Fruit: Yellow-green in Summer
Habit: Spreading
Ribes uva-crispa 'Whitesmith' (Gooseberry 'Whitesmith') will reach a height of 1.5m and a spread of 1.5m after 2-5 years.
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to match this plant to your garden
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.
|
| Soil types: |
Clay, Loamy, Sandy |
 |
| Soil drainage: |
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained |
|
| Soil pH: |
Neutral |
|
| Light: |
Partial Shade, Full Sun |
|
| Aspect: |
South, East, West |
|
| Exposure: |
Sheltered |
|
| Hardiness: |
Hardy (H4) |
|
|
|
|
Discuss Ribes uva-crispa 'Whitesmith' (Gooseberry 'Whitesmith') with other Shoot members.
Sign up for your FREE ACCOUNT today or login to add a comment or question about this plant
Question from
angela gutteridge
What does the score number indicate?
- Views: 19
- Replies: 1
- Posted: Wed. 7th March 2012 10:24
- Last reply: Wed. 7th March 2012 11:01
We list 4 suppliers who tell us they sell Ribes uva-crispa 'Whitesmith' (Gooseberry 'Whitesmith'). In order to see the list you'll need to either register or log in as a full member.
Sign up for a FULL ACCOUNT today or login as a full member.
If you sell this plant and would like to add a link, please fill in this form.
"Shoot is truly amazing and easy to navigate. Everyone can become a top class gardener almost immediately - assuming the rain will stop! Can't wait to finish office work and get back online:)"
