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I've red, white and black currant bushes  along with a gooseberry bush, planted a couple of years ago, in the garden. The problem is, now they've had a couple of years to establish I've realised they are planted in an area which is too small to grow

I have 2 red currant bushes which were planted about a year ago. They did not fruit this year and I know they need pruning. My instinct is to leave them but I think I have read somewhere they need to be cut back now. I am new to fruit growing. When

, but insipid. Wouldn't bother, grow black or red currants for wonderful fruit, enjoy the ribes for their spring flowers.  We recently bought a house with a garden which had a couple of true blackcurrant bushes and an ornamental ribes.  i severely pruned

either Not camellia-but a peony Picture 4 Linarias-Toadflax. The thistle I think is Centaurea montana-perennial cornflower Agree with aquilegia, peony and centaurea. I thought pic 4 looked like some sort of currant but there are no fruits I can see so

Hang old CDs among crops and from fruit trees to scare away birdsWater beans and sweet peas as they start to flowerGive extra water to ripening soft fruits such as raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries and currantsFeed tomatoes and crops

Blackcurrants are easy to grow and more tolerant of heavy soils than other currant bushes. Just one plant can provide a generous crop of berries. If blackcurrant bushes are kept well fed and watered you could be harvesting fruit a year after

stemsPrune red and white currants, shortening side shoots to a single budPot up strawberries to grow under cover for an early cropCheck your soil's pH with a special kit and add lime if it's too acidic for your plantsCheck fruit and vegetables in store

Shorten sideshoots growing from the framework of espalier, fan and cordon-trained fruit trees back to about five leaves from their basePick fresh herbs for dryingPick gooseberries, currants, strawberries and other fruits as they ripenSupport heavily

Thanks for the lovely recipe - I am always looking for new things to make with blackcurrants!I have a question regarding pruning black currants - I visited Fyvie Castle last spring and saw that they pruned their currants as a standard

which made me think could it be a weed.   Thank you     What was the original plant?-you havent said Oh sorry , it was a geranium .  Well it is just another plant-but it is only a weed if you dont want it-hard to say from the picture Grow it on see what