Grow delicious dessert-quality berries with the Jeanne Gooseberry rooted starter plant, known for its exceptionally sweet deep maroon-red fruit and heavy harvests. This variety produces large, flavorful berries sweeter than many traditional gooseberries, ideal for fresh eating, jams, baking, juice, desserts, and preserves.

This cold-hardy, self-pollinating shrub is easy to grow and highly productive, yielding generous crops season after season. Perfect for edible landscapes, backyard orchards, homestead gardens, and berry patches, Jeanne Gooseberry combines ornamental beauty with reliable fruit production.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 rooted Jeanne Gooseberry starter plant
✔️ Healthy live edible berry shrub
✔️ Self-pollinating fruit variety
✔️ Naturally grown pesticide-free plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe shipping

Growing Information

• Common Name: Jeanne Gooseberry
• Botanical Name: Ribes uva-crispa
• Plant Type: Fruiting deciduous shrub
• Growth Stage: Rooted starter plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Rich well-draining soil
• Watering: Moderate; keep evenly moist during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 3–6 feet
• Growth Habit: Upright bushy shrub
• Fruit Color: Deep maroon-red
• Fruit Flavor: Exceptionally sweet dessert-quality berries
• Harvest Season: Summer
• Pollination: Self-pollinating
• Special Features: High yields, cold hardy, large berries
• USDA Zones: 3–7
• Container Friendly: Yes with regular pruning

Care Tip

Apply mulch around the base to help retain moisture and suppress weeds. Annual pruning of older stems improves airflow and encourages healthier growth with increased berry production.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.