Edible Hedge Kit Red Fruits 3/4m (10/13ft)

We offer you a Gourmet Red Fruit Hedge composed of 4 varieties of fruit bushes chosen among the best in terms of productivity and flavor. It allows you to create a hedge of 3 to 4 meters (10 to 13 feet) in length depending on the planting density. You will be able to harvest raspberries, blackcurrants, and blackberries from the second summer following planting, and chokeberries after 3 years of cultivation. To obtain good harvests, plant these small fruits in deep and rich garden soil, preferably non-calcareous.

The hedge consists of:

- 1 Aronia 'Néro': a deciduous shrub reaching an average height of 1.75 meters (6 feet) and a width of 1.25 meters (4 feet). This variety produces berries resembling large blueberries or large blackcurrants. They are harvested when ripe in September-October. Slightly astringent in their natural state, they are used in jellies, pastries, syrups, or jams. The shrub offers abundant white melliferous flowering in spring and beautiful autumn colors. It does not tolerate limestone soil well. Aronia takes 3 years to bear fruit and on average 7 years to reach its full productivity.

- 1 Organic 'Autumn Happy Malling Happy' Raspberry: a perpetual variety, producing from August to October. Its raspberries are very large (up to 4 cm (2in) long), red, conical in shape, both sweet and highly aromatic. The bush is vigorous (1.60 meters (5 feet) tall), its thornless stems are tinged with red. Its deciduous foliage is absent in winter.

- 1 Jostaberry: a deciduous hybrid bush between a currant bush and a blackcurrant bush, reaching a height of 2 meters (7 feet) and a span of about 1 meter (3 feet). It produces berries resembling large blackcurrants, with black skin and a texture similar to currants, with a tangy flavor and a lighter fragrance than blackcurrants. They can be enjoyed as is or in jams, sorbets, and pies. Harvest in July.

- 1 'Direttissima Montblanc' Garden Blackberry: a deciduous bush with long arching thorny stems, reaching a height of 2 meters (7 feet) and a span of 1.20 to 1.40 meters (4 to 5 feet). On its new shoots, small white melliferous flowers are followed by large juicy black fruits with a sweet and tangy flavor. Harvest from mid-August until autumn. They can be enjoyed fresh or in coulis, jellies, jams, pies, fruit salads, etc.

These small fruits create a rustic atmosphere, welcoming for the small fauna of the garden, decorative from spring to autumn, and interesting for the gourmet gardener. Their low height allows them to be used both as a boundary hedge and as a border for a property or orchard. The hedge will measure between 3 and 4 meters (10 and 13 feet) in length, a dimension well suited to small gardens.

Plant these bushes in full sun or partial shade, in well-prepared soil enriched with compost, preferably non-calcareous, mixing them and spacing them 75 cm (30in) apart to cover 3 linear meters within 3 years. You can space them 1 meter (3 feet) apart to form a 4-meter (13 feet) hedge, but it will only become dense after 4-5 years. The pruning period and method are specific to each shrub. Water abundantly at planting and regularly until the end of the first summer if it does not rain. To save on watering, apply a mulch around the base of your bushes.