Buy Cape Gooseberry seeds NZ

Cape Gooseberry are easy to grow from seed and cuttings. Once established can become prolific self seeders.

This enchanted looking fruit is native to Chile and Peru and grown across the world in temperate and tropical regions.
Growing into a sprawling branched shrub, Cape Gooseberry produces sweet cherry sized orange fruits encased in a papery ‘fairy lantern’ calyx.
Kids love to forage these fruits, making them a lovely addition to home and school gardens.

Enjoy Cape Gooseberries fresh, dipped in melted chocolate, cooked in pies, or make into jam, jelly or chutney. Use in Mexican dishes as a substitute for Tomatillo.

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Buy Cape Gooseberry seeds NZ:
Seed pack contains 20 seeds in composable zip-lock bag with instructions to sow.
Plus a plant specific info sheet; with Cape Gooseberry planting tips, growing care. fruiting / harvest seasons.

• SOWING TIME:
  Late Winter – Spring
• HARVEST TIME:
  Cape Gooseberry ripen through the warmer months, through late spring to Autumn.
• CLIMATE:
  Tolerant of a wide range of soils types, though is ideal to plant in a sunny, well drained, lightly moist soil. Tolerant of periods of drought.
• BOTANICAL NAME;
  Physalis Peruviana

Buy Cape Gooseberry seeds NZ and why not download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.