Silver Creek Nursery Ltd.

Jostaberry Bareroot

2025 Staff Favourite

Jostaberries are Wayne's favourite this year! He enjoys them because "they have the best qualities of both black currants and gooseberries."

All Staff Favourites are 20% off. The Staff Favourite Discount cannot be combined with other quantity discounts.

Species: Ribes x nidigrolaria, a cross between Ribes nigrum (black currants), Ribes divaracitum (black gooseberries), and Ribes uva-crispa (European gooseberries)

History: Jostaberries were created in West Germany in 1955 by Dr. Rudolph Bauer, although attempts to cross these three plants had begun as early as 1883 without success. They were eventually released to the public in 1977.

Why We Grow It: Jostaberries are a unique cross between three plants: black currants, black gooseberries, and European gooseberries. The berries taste like gooseberries at first and transition to a black currant taste as they ripen and darken. 

$24.00 $19.20
Size:

39 in stock

Fruit Traits:

Recommended Use: Fresh eating, cooking, baking

Fruit Size:

Storage: Keeps up to two weeks in the fridge

Harvest: July - Mid

Tree Traits:

Canadian Hardiness Zone: 3

Soil Preferance: Prefers loam, but adaptable to different soil conditions

Flowering Time: Middle

Pollination Requirements: Self-pollinating, this variety will produce fruit without another jostaberry nearby but will produce more and better fruit if one is present

Sun/Shade Requirements: Prefers full sun to partial shade, but can tolerate full shade

General Growth Habit: Shrub reaches 1-2m tall, vigorous. Resistant to American gooseberry mildew, blackcurrant leaf spot, white pine blister rust, and big bud gall mite.

Shipping: Every year we ship thousands of plants across Canada. We carefully bag roots in damp sawdust, then box them and send them out via courier. CLICK HERE to see our shipping policy.

Pick-up: We also have thousands of trees picked up from our nursery each year. The pick-up options is free, though you must wait until you have been emailed a confirmation that your order is ready to pick up, which will have further information such as hours, locations, etc.

Un-grafted plants (berries, seedlings and vines) are graded by year. We follow industry standard. Species specific details will soon be updated to give you a clearer idea of size, as there can be a very large variation by species.

Jostaberry

Jostaberry Bareroot

$24.00 $19.20
$24.00 $19.20

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