Are there any currants or gooseberries that can grow in ATL

What i am looking for are low chill, heat tolerant, and disease resistant currants or gooseberries to grow in Atlanta. I have head of the Miccosukee gooseberry, but It is very very rare and it may be too cold in Atlanta for it.

Red Lake currant is a good red one. It is also hardy to cone 4. It is the one I would grow if I had room or gave up daylilies.

I bought currants from Home Depot several years ago. They turned out to be black-yuck! I also purchased a gooseberry plant and wasn't worth the space. I dug up all and got ride of them.

My advise is to buy from a nursery or online that specialize in small fruit, and/or fruit trees. One company is Stark Bros. online. A good gooseberry variety is Pixwell.

Below is the link to Stark Bros. You can also see what will grow in your zone. They carry many berries.

http://www.starkbros.com/products/berry-plants/gooseberry-plants/pixwell-gooseberry

Thanks blomma, I will definitely try out the pixwell gooseberry.

You are welcome. Hope you find what you are looking for.

Make sure that what variety you want will grow and survive in your 7b zone. Sometimes hardy plants need winter dormancy to flourish.

Try Lucile Whitman at whitmanfarms.com website. It's a small single proprietor farm, not a big company. She has the largest variety of gooseberries I've seen, although not all may be available for sale every year, and she is very honest about whether she likes the fruit or not. Everything I've gotten from her has been exceptional. She will discuss your situation on the phone with you if you are willing to wait until the time is convenient for her, and her advice has been very good.

Since you are in Zone 7B you should be able to grow all currants and gooseberries. Most of them grow in zones 3 or 4 to 8. You should have enough cool weather in winter to meet the chilling requirement.

I am in 6b and I have "Red Lake" "Pink Champagne", and "Black Consort" currants. I have "Pixwell" and "Hinnonmaki Red" gooseberries. They all do well here and I get good crops every year. Very few diseases or pests bother them.

I grow mine in full sun in a medium soil but if you are concerned about the heat you might be able to plant them where they get some afternoon shade. Also heavily mulching them may help as well.

By far the gooseberries are the best tasting in my opinion(almost like grapes) compared to the currants. Currants are tart...Pink Champagne is best followed by the Red lake and I do not care for the black currants as they are sort of musky in flavor.

I ordered my currants/gooseberries from Miller's nursery which was bought by Stark Brothers a few years ago.

Gooseberries are very thorny...much worse than roses to prune and harvest but worth it.

Yes. Love the Ribes tribe.
I'd try Jostaberry, a black currant x gooseberry. no thorns, no mildew and extremely productive here in W Washington- same climate as you but we lack heat in the summer. So protect from the West light (heat of the day). expect 6-8 feet.