Gooseberries suffer from a fraction of the pests and diseases that plague blueberries. Think I’m overselling them a bit? Let me take a minute to share some of their benefits and special characteristics: If you buy from one of our links, we may earn a commission. (1904-1963), curator of the Missouri Botanical Garden Herbarium.We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. The specific epithet 'woodsonii' honours Dr. Feed once a month with a balanced fertilizer such as one with a NPK ratio of 15-15-15. It grows best in rich, moist soil in semi-shade, being susceptible to sunburn under hot afternoon sun. The ants do not pollinate the tubular flowers, but they may help to protect the developing fruits from damage by fly larvae. It is woody and approximately round to egg-shaped.Īnts are attracted to the extrafloral nectaries which occur between the bracts and supply nectar. The dry, dehiscent fruit is known as a capsule. They emerge at the top of the inflorescence, 1-3 at a time from between the bracts. The reddish-orange, tubular flowers have a yellow-orange lip near the apex.
The bracts are tightly overlapped, bright red and waxy.
The inflorescence is cylindrical with a tapered tip (6-10 cm long) and occurs at the stem tip. The aboveground stems are erect to leaning and loosely spiraled. Round, succulent stems are produced by an underground horizontal stem known as a rhizome. The broadly elliptical leaves (15 cm long, 8 cm wide) are hairless, glossy and spirally arranged along the stems. It is a perennial herbaceous plant about 1-2 m tall, with a clump forming growth habit.
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