Oak Summit Nursery
Black Velvet Gooseberry
Black Velvet Gooseberry
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$15.00 CAD
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Black Velvet is a hybrid of European Gooseberry and Worcesterberry, a form of American Black Gooseberry. It combines larger berry size with the rich flavour and dark colour of Worcesterberry.
The vigorous productive shrub bears dark purple to nearly black fruit with sweet tart flavour and has improved resistance to powdery mildew.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- 3 to 5 ft tallA vigorous, productive bush
- Fruit
- Dark purple to nearly black berriesRich, sweet and tart
- Disease
- Improved resistance to powdery mildew
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shadeMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
A gooseberry and Worcesterberry cross
Black Velvet is a hybrid of European gooseberry and Worcesterberry, a form of American black gooseberry. It pairs a larger berry with the rich flavour and dark colour of Worcesterberry.
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