Ribes uva-crispa

Gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. A spiny, relatively small, shrub which grows naturally in hedges around Redmire. Fruits of the wild Gooseberry are small and sour to taste, compared with cultivated varieties. The flowers provide a good food source for solitary bees.

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Fruit

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Early flowers

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Flower

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Flowering bush

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Base

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Bush in hedge

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Solitary Bee

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Fruit on bush

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Photograph detail

Slide 1: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Fruit. Mill Lane, Redmire. May.

Slide 2: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Flowers. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. March.

Slide 3: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Flower. Church Lane, Redmire. March.

Slide 4: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Flowering bush. Church Lane, Redmire. April.

Slide 5: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. New growth at base. Apedale Beck, Hargill, Redmire. March.

Slide 6: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Bush as part of hedge. Church Lane, Redmire. March.

Slide 7: Andrena fulva, Tawny Mining Bee, resting. This solitary bee feeds on nectar and pollen from Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Church Lane, Redmire. April.

Slide 8: Ribes uva-crispa, Gooseberry. Fruit on bush. Hargill, Redmire. June.