Gooseberry Standard Plant 'Hinnonmaki Red'

• Trained into a tree for harvesting at a comfortable height
• Big harvests of sweet berries every year
• Architectural and productive
• Standard trained tree with clear stem and formed fruiting head
• Easy to reach for picking and pruning
• Striking form even without fruit

Get hold of this delicious dessert and culinary gooseberry variety which reveals large red fruit every year on plants that show impressive resistance to mildew giving you peace of mind you'll receive lots of blemish-free fruit.

Hinnonmaki Red is extra vigorous and sets heavy crops of great-tasting refreshing fruit perfect for popping in your mouth straight from the plant.

Your plant arrives to you trained into tree-form which makes it extra attractive as an ornamental formal plant and at a height that makes it easy to harvest from.

Try to plant straight away but if this is not possible your standard-trained gooseberry plant will survive up to two or three days with its roots buried in some loose moist soil. Keep out of direct-sun.

Standard formed plants have been trained over several seasons to have a single clear stem and a formed head where the fruit is produced. Very different to the normal bush versions, these will add a striking focal point in the garden or plot. They look fantastic even without fruit on. As these are at a comfortable height, there is no more bending down to trim and pick fruit. The height also reduces the susceptibility to diseases, as the improved air flow and light levels keep the plant in much healthier condition. Trim vigourous non fruiting new shoot back to the head size in July and then trim all shoots by half or to the size of head you require in winter.