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'Easy- peasy' gooseberries

With a little bit of forward planning anyone could be picking fresh, vitamin-packed, flavoursome, fruit from their garden, which most importantly, are easy to grow. Look for plants with an AGM award, -these are plants that are chosen by a panel of experts trialling for the RHS which are considered to be the best. These plants have beaten their rivals to the finishing post!

Almost as easy are gooseberries, although they are the Marmite of the fruit world. You either love them or hate them. The green-berried ‘Invicta’ is high-yielding although extremely prickly so do site it carefully. It’s designed to be cooked and few summer puddings are as delicious as gooseberry fool. It’s not a good dessert variety, but it is resistant to American Gooseberry Mildew so does well in drier gardens where mildew is more likely to strike. Green varieties can also tolerate shade.


The pink or red-berried gooseberries are delicious to eat when the berries plump up, although you may have to keep the blackbirds (and the children) away with netting or threats. ‘Hinnonmaki Red’ is hardy, disease resistant and crops better than other reds so this is the one to go for. The red berries are highly ornamental so this variety is ideal in smaller gardens.

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