30-45cm King Edward VII' Red Flowering Currant | Ribes sanguineum Bare Root Plant
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- Highlights
- Variety Specifications
- Planting & Care
- Enjoy a profusion of highly fragrant, deep pink flowers every April.
- Harvest your own edible blackcurrants throughout the summer months.
- A magnet for wildlife, attracting bees to its flowers and birds to its berries.
- Thrives in challenging spots, including coastal and windy gardens.
- Perfect as a standout specimen plant or as part of a beautiful, informal wildlife hedge alongside hawthorn and blackthorn.
- Species: Flowering currant
- Flowering Season: Late spring
- Flowering Time: April
- Flower Colour: Scented deep pink, almost purple racemes of flowers
- Harvest Time: June, July, August
- Position: Full sun
- Soil Type: Any well drained, fertile soil. Will tolerate less than perfect conditions but prefers well drained, loamy soils.
- Hardiness: H6 - fully hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15°C)
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: Spreads approx 2.5m without pruning
- Growth Rate: Average, grows 20-40cm per year
- Planting Time: January to April & September to December.
- Spacing: For a flowering hedge, plant 2-3 plants per metre (33-50cm apart). As a specimen plant, allow 2m.
- Soil Preparation: If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting to improve drainage.
- Watering: Water well when newly planted. Continue to water establishing plants during dry spells for at least a year.
- Feeding: Not required; this is a low-maintenance plant that gets its nutrients from the soil.
- Pruning: If grown as a single specimen, prune in late summer. For a hedge, cut back flowering stems to a strong pair of buds immediately after flowering.
- Pest & Disease: Generally resilient, but may be affected by aphids or powdery mildew.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Bare root plant
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm, depending on the time of year
- Eventual Height: Can reach a max height of 3m unless pruned; easily maintained at 2m
Highlights
- Enjoy a profusion of highly fragrant, deep pink flowers every April.
- Harvest your own edible blackcurrants throughout the summer months.
- A magnet for wildlife, attracting bees to its flowers and birds to its berries.
- Thrives in challenging spots, including coastal and windy gardens.
- Perfect as a standout specimen plant or as part of a beautiful, informal wildlife hedge alongside hawthorn and blackthorn.
Variety Specifications
- Species: Flowering currant
- Flowering Season: Late spring
- Flowering Time: April
- Flower Colour: Scented deep pink, almost purple racemes of flowers
- Harvest Time: June, July, August
- Position: Full sun
- Soil Type: Any well drained, fertile soil. Will tolerate less than perfect conditions but prefers well drained, loamy soils.
- Hardiness: H6 - fully hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15°C)
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: Spreads approx 2.5m without pruning
- Growth Rate: Average, grows 20-40cm per year
Planting & Care
- Planting Time: January to April & September to December.
- Spacing: For a flowering hedge, plant 2-3 plants per metre (33-50cm apart). As a specimen plant, allow 2m.
- Soil Preparation: If your soil is heavy or sandy, mix in some perlite or fine horticultural grit when planting to improve drainage.
- Watering: Water well when newly planted. Continue to water establishing plants during dry spells for at least a year.
- Feeding: Not required; this is a low-maintenance plant that gets its nutrients from the soil.
- Pruning: If grown as a single specimen, prune in late summer. For a hedge, cut back flowering stems to a strong pair of buds immediately after flowering.
- Pest & Disease: Generally resilient, but may be affected by aphids or powdery mildew.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Bare root plant
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm, depending on the time of year
- Eventual Height: Can reach a max height of 3m unless pruned; easily maintained at 2m
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