Oak Summit Nursery
Smooth Gooseberry Seeds
Smooth Gooseberry Seeds
Pack contains: 20 seeds
Regular price
$7.95 CAD
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$7.95 CAD
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Also sold as a plant: Northern Gooseberry · from $15.00 Seed grown plants may differ from a named cultivar.
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Smooth Gooseberry (Ribes hirtellum), also sold here as Northern Gooseberry, is a native North American berry shrub. Its stems are mostly smooth, with a few thorns at the nodes. The berries have a sweet tart flavour.
This offer is for seed, and seedlings vary naturally. Fall sowing or a 90 day cold treatment is recommended for the species. The growing plants shown illustrate the species and do not establish the collection location of this seed lot.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 2
- Mature size
- About 2 to 5 ft tall and 3 to 4 ft wideHeight is typical for the species
- Fruit
- Translucent green berriesSweet and tart
- Stems
- Mostly smooth, with a few thorns at the nodes
- Native range
- A native, prairie adapted gooseberryHabitat for local pollinators and wildlife
- Site and soil
- Full sun or part shade
- Stratification
- Fall sow or cold treatment, 90 daysSpecies guidance from South Dakota State University; no lot germination test supplied
- Packet
- 20 seeds
More about this plant
Seed grown plants
These photographs illustrate the species. They do not establish this seed lot’s collection location. Seedlings vary naturally.
Range & hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Green: provinces with native records
AB · MB · NB · NL · NS · ON · PE · QC · SK
Zone 2 and warmer
Province records show native distribution, not every place the species grows. The hardiness map shows minimum winter hardiness; soil, moisture and summer warmth also matter.
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