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Willoughby Black Currant

Willoughby Black Currant

Regular price $15.00 CAD
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Size

Willoughby bears glossy black currants with a milder, sweeter flavour than many black currant varieties. The berries are useful fresh or cooked.

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Growing details

Hardiness
Zone 3
Mature size
About 5 ft tall and 6 ft wide
Fruit
Glossy black berriesMilder and sweeter than many black currants
Uses
Fresh or cooked
Site and soil
Full sun or part shade in moist soil that drains wellMore sun means more fruit

Ripening

June to early July

Reported in Washington State

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

Pollination

Self-fertile; a second cultivar is not required.