Jostine Thornless Currant Gooseberry Hybrid, Live Rooted Berry Bush, Black Currant Cross, Edible Fruit Shrub, 6–16 Inch Plant

Enjoy the best of two berry favorites with Jostine, a vigorous, thornless hybrid of black currant and gooseberry. This productive fruiting shrub offers medium to large berries with good flavor and excellent versatility for the home garden.

The berries keep well on the bush and are delicious fresh or used in homemade jams, jellies, and pies. With its thornless growth and hardy nature, Jostine is a practical addition to an edible landscape.

Plant Features

• Variety: Jostine

• Plant type: Black currant and gooseberry hybrid

• Growth habit: Vigorous and thornless

• Fruit: Medium to large berries

• Flavor: Good flavor

• Production: High-producing

• Harvest feature: Berries keep well on the bush

• Disease resistance: Described as disease resistant

• Hardiness: USDA Zones 3–8

• Uses: Fresh eating, jams, jellies, and pies

Plant Size and Shipping Form

• Plant height: Approximately 6–16 inches

• Condition: Live, growing, fully rooted plant

• Not bare root: Plants ship with established roots.

• Plants may be pruned to fit into the shipping box.

• Plants ship dormant without leaves in fall and winter, and with leaves in spring and summer.

Growing and Care Support

Your plant comes with detailed planting, growing, and care instructions. If you have additional questions after receiving your order, you can contact us by phone or email for assistance.

Important: State Shipping and Planting Restrictions

Currants and gooseberries can serve as alternate hosts for white pine blister rust. Because of this, restrictions may apply to planting or shipping these plants in certain locations.

It may be illegal to ship or grow these plants in parts of Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Virginia, and West Virginia, and throughout North Carolina and South Carolina.

If you live in one of these states, please check with your local or state agriculture department before purchasing. Confirm whether Jostine is permitted in your ZIP code and whether a permit is required.

For state agriculture department contact information, visit:
http://www.nationalplantboard.org/laws/

We cannot accept responsibility for plants confiscated by local authorities.

Shipping Information

• We try to ship within one business day after your order is placed.

• Please order when you are ready to plant.

• Free shipping to most locations.

• We cannot ship to Alaska, Hawaii, APO addresses, U.S. territories, or locations considered remote without an additional freight surcharge.

• Orders may be held if temperatures are above 89°F or below 20°F until conditions improve.

• If you have a preferred shipping date, enter it in the Special Instructions to Seller box at checkout.

Plant Inspection and Shipping Support

Every plant is inspected for quality before shipment. Please contact us upon arrival if you have any concerns about your plant's condition.

Message us before placing your order if you have any questions.

Scenic Hill Farm is a licensed Oregon nursery.

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