Gooseberry Kamieniar Plant – Hardy Edible Fruit Bush

Grow your own delicious gooseberries at home with this Kamieniar variety. Originating from Ukrainian breeding programmes, Gooseberry Kamieniar is a robust and reliable cultivar prized for producing generous crops of large, greenish-yellow berries with a pleasantly sweet flavour. This hardy, deciduous fruit bush is well suited to UK gardens and arrives outdoor garden ready with a 17cm root ball, allowing for easy planting straight into borders, fruit gardens, or larger containers.

Kamieniar is noted for its vigorous, upright growth habit and good resistance to common gooseberry diseases, including American gooseberry mildew. The fruit is versatile and ideal for fresh eating straight from the bush, as well as for use in desserts, jams, and preserves. As a self-fertile variety, only one plant is needed to produce fruit, though planting alongside other gooseberry bushes can help improve yields.

What You Receive:

• 1 x Gooseberry Kamieniar Plant with a 17cm Root Ball

Key Features:

• Hardy edible fruit bush suitable for UK climates


• Produces large, sweet greenish-yellow berries


• Self-fertile – only one plant required for fruiting


• Good resistance to American gooseberry mildew


• Suitable for borders, fruit gardens, allotments, and containers


• Outdoor garden ready – plant straight into the ground or a large pot

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Ribes uva-crispa 'Kamieniar'


• Common Names: Gooseberry Kamieniar


• Classification: Hardy Deciduous Fruit Bush


• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 1m–1.5m x 1m–1.5m


• Growth Habit: Upright, Bushy Deciduous Shrub


• Perfect For: Fruit Gardens, Allotments, Borders, Large Containers


• Flowering Time: Spring (small, inconspicuous flowers)


• Fruiting Season: Mid to Late Summer


• Fruit Colour: Greenish-Yellow to Amber when ripe


• Pollination: Self-Fertile


• Planting Position: Full Sun to Partial Shade


• Soil Requirements: Moist, Well-Drained, Fertile Soil


• Hardiness: Fully Hardy


• Pruning: Prune in winter to maintain shape and encourage fruiting wood


• Attracts: Bees and Pollinating Insects


• Type: Hardy Deciduous Fruit Bush


• Foliage: Mid-Green, Lobed Leaves

Planting and Care Tips:

• Plant in a sheltered position in full sun or partial shade for the best fruit production.


• Ensure the soil is well-drained and enriched with organic matter at planting time.


• Water regularly during the first growing season to help the plant establish.


• Apply a balanced fertiliser in early spring to support healthy growth and fruiting.


• Mulch around the base of the plant to retain moisture and suppress weeds.


• Prune annually during the dormant season, removing older wood to encourage new fruiting growth and maintain an open, goblet-shaped framework.

Notes: This listing is for the Kamieniar variety of gooseberry, a productive cultivar selected for its large, sweet fruit and reliable garden performance.