• Sweet, tasty blackcurrants
• Resistant to downy mildew
• Excellent for eating, cooking and juicing
• Hardy specimen
• Perfect for Containers and small spaces
The Lowberry® Little Black Sugar is a self-fertile, compact, bushy blackcurrant.
Description
This medium-sized Blackcurrant displays white-pink flowers during May, attractive to pollinating insects, followed by large, juicy clusters of shiny, black berries ready to harvest from June to mid-July. The berries are great for eating, cooking and juicing and can also be used to make jams and syrups.
Planting Position
The Lowberry® Little Black Sugar is a hardy, compact shrub suitable for Containerting and small gardens. The Little Black Sugar will do well in sheltered areas in full sun and moist but well-drained soil.
After Care
Blackcurrants require moderate maintenance. Prune dead, diseased, damaged, congested or crossing shoots; heavy pruning should be carried out during the dormant season and promote new growth in the following season—water only in extremely hot or dry periods.
Size
The Lowberry® Little Black Sugar Blackcurrant can reach a height of 1m with a 1.5m spread.
Ribes nigrum 'Little Black Sugar' | Blackcurrant
Height: 1m
Spread: 1.5m
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Fertility: self-fertile
Harvest: Summer
Uses: eating, cooking and juicing
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Soil Type: clay, loam, sand
Soil Moisture: well-drained soil
Soil pH: acid, alkaline, neutral
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Sun: full sun to partial shade
Exposure: sheltered areas
Hardiness: fully hardy
