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Öjebyn Black Currant
Öjebyn Black Currant
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Öjebyn Black Currant is an old Swedish cultivar raised at Öjebyn in the 1940s and widely grown across northern Europe and Finland. Compact, upright bushes carry large clusters of glossy black fruit in mid to late summer. The berries have an aromatic sweet tart flavour suited to fresh eating, jam, jelly, and juice.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- About 5 ft tall and 4 ft wideCompact and upright
- Fruit
- Large clusters of glossy black berriesAromatic, sweet and tart
- Uses
- Fresh eating, jam, jelly and juice
- Season
- Mid to late summer
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit
More about this plant
An old Swedish currant
Öjebyn was raised at Öjebyn in Sweden in the 1940s and is widely grown across northern Europe and Finland.
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