Come into the shade

For most of us, the part of the garden that gets very little sunlight during the day is one of the trickiest areas to manage successfully. The ornamental gardener is almost spoilt for choice with a rich tapestry of ferns, hostas and woodland bulbs to create year-round interest. For the fruit gardener, it is much more problematic – we are always striving to grow the sweetest, most delicious produce and it is sun that forms the sugars in the fruit. This month we are going to look at one of the very best plants for growing in just such inauspicious conditions – the redcurrant.

The redcurrant () is a member of the Ribes genus in the gooseberry family.