Black Currant Seeds
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Ben Hope Black Currant (Ribes nigrum 'Ben Hope')
Ben Hope Black Currant (Ribes nigrum 'Ben Hope')
Regular price
$18.00 CAD
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$18.00 CAD
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Ben Hope is a vigorous upright black currant developed by the Scottish Crop Research Institute from Westra and a complex hybrid. It produces high yields of medium berries with traditional black currant flavour and aroma.
The fruit ripens late in the season, typically from late July into early August. Ben Hope is noted for resistance to big bud mite, powdery mildew, and leaf spot.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Mature Size: 4 to 5 ft tall
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Growing details
- Fruit size reference
- Medium fruit; no millimetre measurement retained
- RHS hardiness rating
- RHS H6; not converted to a Canadian or USDA zone
- Growing site
- Full sun to partial shade; moist but well-drained chalk, clay, loam or sand; acidic to alkaline pH
- Flavour reference
- Described qualitatively as good flavour; not a sensory-panel score
- Pollination
- Described as self-fertile; no claim is made about whether cross-pollination changes yield
- Growth and renewal
- Upright cultivar; renewal pruning encourages new basal growth, while root suckering remains unknown
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
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