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Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)
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Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)
Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense) from Missouri Wildflowers Nursery
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Missourians love gooseberries for pies, cobblers, jams, and jellies. This is a great plant for wildlife and grows in sun or shade.
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Ribes missouriense
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Missouri Gooseberry lacks most qualities that would entice a person to plant it in a formal flower bed setting; it is thorny, has lackluster flowers, and has an open, sprawling habit that would seem intrusive. However, it would fit in very nicely at the backyard border or in other sites where aesthetics take a back seat.
This is a great plant for wildlife. A number of bees will visit the springtime flowers. It provides cover and food for small mammals and birds. People often pick the berries while they are still green and tart for cooking (ripe berries are brownish purple). Despite the thorns, deer will browse on gooseberry but don't seriously damage the plant.
Uses: Edible, tea, wildlife, bees, birds, hummingbirds
Bloom time: April - May
Height: 2 to 4 feet
Space: 3 to 6 feet
Sun: Sun to shade (fewer berries are produced in heavy shade)
Moisture: Average
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Since one needs a male and a female plant for berry production, can you tell me what I would be getting if I ordered 2 of them?
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Linda Standish
- 9/19/2022
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The plants are not male or female, but they do need at least two genetically different plants in order to make berries. Ours are grown from seed, so they are not clones. Any two plants from our nursery should be capable of making berries.
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