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Pixwell Gooseberry

Pixwell Gooseberry

Regular price $19.00 CAD
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Pixwell Gooseberry is a compact, productive cultivar with fewer thorns than many gooseberries. Its small to medium pale green berries develop a pink blush as they ripen in mid summer. The tart fruit has mild sweetness and can be eaten fresh when fully ripe or used for pies, jam, and jelly.

The berries hang below the branches on short stems and are relatively easy to pick, which gave the cultivar its name. Pixwell also has useful resistance to mildew.

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Growing details

Hardiness
Zone 3
Mature size
3 to 5 ft tall and wideCompact and productive, with fewer thorns than many gooseberries
Fruit
Small to medium pale green berries that blush pink as they ripenTart with a mild sweetness. Good fresh when fully ripe, and for pies, jam and jelly
Picking
Berries hang below the branches on short stemsEasy to pick, which gave the variety its name
Disease
Useful resistance to mildew
Season
Mid summer
Site and soil
Full sun or part shadeMore sun means more fruit

Read its history on Pomologica

Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Cold hardiness · Zone 3
Canadian climate map with provinces outlined; highlighted minimum zone: 3

Zone 3 and warmer

The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.

About these maps

Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.

Open Government Licence – Canada