Ribes rubrum White Currants Versailles Currant Pot Grown

Ribes rubrum White Versailles Currant - Pot Grown

Ribes White Versailles is an early cropping white currant.  It is one of the most popular of the white currants and the earliest fruiting.  Fruit appears on long trusses white or a pale yellow in colour from mid to late summer.  White Versailles has a sweet flavour and can be used for many cooking dishes / desserts.  Ribes Versailles is one of the most reliable crops year after year.

Common Name: White Currants White Versailles Currant

Genus: Ribes           

Species:  rubrum

Variety:  White Versailles, Self Fertile

Skill Level:  Beginner

Type:  Pot Grown, 3 litre, caned

Size:  40/60cm

Rate of Growth:  Average, Upright growth habit

Crops:  Heavy, White berries or fruit, long trusses

Crop Month:  Mid/ late-summer

Flavour:  Sweet

Planting Location:  Full sun for best fruiting

Planting Distance:  45cm apart in rows 1.2m apart

Soil Type:  Tolerates almost all soil types, moist , well-draining.

pH:  neutral

Fertilise:   Rootgrow upon initial planting and thereafter

Hardiness:  Hardy

Height: 1.5m after 10 years

Spread:  1.5m