The new Pointilla will bring colour to the garden at a drab time of year and they are tasty, too, says the Lubera nursery in Switzerland which developed them over a number of years.

The variety ‘Sweet and Sour’ (pictured) has red berries with white dots and a sweet-and-sour flavour.

‘Fortunella’ has golden berries plus “higher levels of sweetness and sourness” and can be picked from September. 

Plants cost from £17.40 each, plus p&p, from  www.lubera.co.uk or call  (0845) 527 1658 for details on the introductions.