RIBES nigrum 'BOSKOOP GIANT'

‘Boskoop Giant blackcurrant’

RIBES nigrum 'BOSKOOP GIANT'

‘Boskoop Giant blackcurrant’

  • Maintenance advice : Cut off the older branches at the end of winter. Lighten the shrub at the same time, to help the appearance of younger productive branches.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : bred in Holland around 1890
  • Use group : Fruit Trees
  • Height at 10 years : 1,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 1 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Green yellow
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Fruit tree
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Long and dense bunches of large, thin skinned berries, soft, acidulous and perfumed. Forms a moderately vigorous, large flaring bush.