Blackcurrant (Ribes) Ben Connan Tasty black fruits with rich delicious flavour! A heavy cropping small bush produces large, black fruits with a super, rich flavour. An early cropping variety, from the beginning of July, continues to produce fruit over a long period. From the second season each plant will produce over 3.5kg of fruit & will keep producing for up to 10 years. It has excellent mildew resistance & good frost tolerance, this RHS AGM variety really has it all! Height & spread: 120cm (47). Supplied as a 3 Ltr potted plant. ...

Blackcurrant Big Ben is a superb blackcurrant with huge fruits
- much larger than the fruits of most other blackcurrants.
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Easy to grow, with fantastic mildew resistance; the Blackcurrant Ebony produces incredibly sweet fruits that can be eaten straight from the bush. With a slightly open, spreading habit that makes harvesting easy; this hardy shrub produces heavy crops of large, firm currants; each up to twice the proportion of normal blackcurrants. Produced for harvesting from early to mid-July. Height & Spread: 120cm (47). The height & spread of the plant received will vary depending on the season it's delivered. Arrival images are an indication only. ...

This spectacular Scottish-bred blackcurrant has huge fruit
- some double the size of other varieties
- & is very high yielding

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A modern Scottish bred variety that is heavy cropping & later fruiting with excellent disease resistance. Harvest June-July. Supplied as a 2 year old bare root plant. ...

Produces superbly flavoured, exceptionally large, richly-flavoured fruit from mid July
- up to 8lbs of fruit per plant once established!
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A heavy cropping Scottish variety which flowers very late. This means that the flowers hardly ever get killed by the frost & means you will get a bumper crop of fruit. Strong branched with an upright habit, this means you get a lot of fruit from a small amount of space. Each juicy berry has a beautiful, rich cassis flavour. Harvest July-August. Height 1-1.5m. Growing your own fruit has to be one of the most rewarding things any gardener can do. Not only can you grow varieties that youd be hard pushed to find in any greengrocer, but you can grow the more expensive fruit, saving money along the way. Included in my fruit range are varieties Ive grown for years on my allotment & in my garden, all of which are firm favourites of mine, my family & friends. All the varieties grow really well on an allotment & in a garden. The variety Ben More is a larger plant which gives you more fruit from the same footprint as a smaller plant, so one plant will give you copious amounts of fruit to enjoy. ...

Blackcurrant Big Ben is a superb blackcurrant with huge fruits
- much larger than the fruits of most other blackcurrants.
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Blackcurrant Big Ben is a superb blackcurrant with huge fruits
- much larger than the fruits of most other blackcurrants.
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Unlike most blackcurrants, which are primarily raised for juice production, Ebony has been specially selected for garden planting. Take one look & it's easy to see why: the size of the fruit is amazing
- up to twice the size of other blackcurrants. But it's the taste that really sets Ebony apart as the fruit is exceptionally sweet with technical measurements suggesting it's the sweetest ever! superb in fruit salads & sweet summer puddings. Supplied as a healthy two year old plant.
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