Gooseberry Seeds (Ribes uva-crispa) | 10 Alaska Grown Cold Hardy Berry Shrubs

Grow your own delicious gooseberries with these Alaska-grown Gooseberry seeds (Ribes uva-crispa). This hardy fruiting shrub is valued for its flavorful berries, excellent cold tolerance, and attractive growth habit. The fruits have a grape-like texture and flavor with a pleasant tartness, suitable for fresh eating, preserves, pies, syrups, and homemade wine.

Gooseberry shrubs are productive, long-lived plants that serve multiple purposes in the landscape. Their dense branching and protective thorns make them useful as natural privacy barriers, wildlife plantings, and edible hedges.

These seeds were harvested from Alaska-grown plants and are ideal for gardeners wanting to grow berry bushes from seed. With proper cold stratification, seedlings establish into hardy shrubs capable of thriving in northern climates.

You will receive fresh seeds from the 2025 harvest, ready for stratification and planting.

• 10 Gooseberry seeds
• Alaska-grown seed stock
• 2025 harvest seeds
• Fresh viable seeds
• Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information

• Common Name: Gooseberry
• Botanical Name: Ribes uva-crispa
• Plant Type: Deciduous fruiting shrub
• Growth Stage: Seeds
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to part shade
• Soil: Well-draining soil with pH 6.0–7.0
• Watering: Moderate; maintain even moisture during establishment
• Mature Height: 3–6 feet
• Growth Rate: Moderate
• USDA Zones: 3–8
• Container Friendly: Yes

Care Tip

Gooseberry seeds require cold stratification to germinate. Sow outdoors in fall and allow natural winter conditions to break dormancy. Keep seedlings evenly moist during their first growing season for best establishment.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.