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Ceylon Hill Gooseberry 
An excellent ornamental shrub that produces a spectacular display of deep rose-pink or mauve flowers. Appearing throughout spring the flowers are followed by small round purple berries that have few seeds. The sweet berries are 
delicious eaten fresh or in Jams. They are similar in taste to blueberries and raspberries but they have thicker, richer juice. The bush is very frost hardy and will fruit as far south as Melbourne. It is often seen grown as a highly decorative hedge. Interestingly the shrub is also adapted to fire and will re-shoot vigorously if it is burnt.
Weed Warning: Ceylon Hill Gooseberry is a highly attractive shrub very well suited to the subtropics. It isn't a weed in Australia, but has been recorded as a weed in parts of Florida, we recommend netting the shrub to reduce seed dispersal by birds.
140mm | $9.90 AU | None in stock | 
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 2-3 | High | Beneficial | Evergreen | March - May |
We welcome your Tips on Ceylon Hill Gooseberry. Share Your Tip.
This is a sweet little berry hedge ! beautiful flowers and the fruit is delicous .. am gonna make some jam soon (as soon as i learn how to make jams!) | Paul - Kyogle, NSW 05-May-2006
Great little fruiting shrub. Highly recommended as tough, attractive, long lived and low maintenance. Protect fruit from birds. Water well and feed potash late Winter if an abundance of flowers and fruit are wanted. | David White - Newcastle, NSW 28-May-2006
Jam is very easy to make now with jamsetta sugar available at most food chains good luck. | Rebecca - Gold Coast, QLD 26-Feb-2008
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