30-45cm Red Flowering Currant | Ribes sanguineum Bare Root Plant
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- Highlights
- Variety Specifications
- Planting & Care
- Revitalize your post-winter garden with this robust, deciduous shrub, featuring aromatic green leaves and a stunning floral show.
- In early April, it blooms with hanging clusters of magenta pink tubular flowers, later producing edible blackcurrants.
- This vibrant shrub is ideal for creating informal hedges or as part of a wildlife-friendly border.
- Fully hardy and medium-growing, it can reach up to 2.5m but is easily maintained at a shorter size.
- Recognised by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', it provides significant value to bees, butterflies, and other wildlife.
- Species: Flowering currant
- Flowering Time: April
- Harvest Time: July, August, September
- Flowers: Hanging racemes of magenta pink tubular flowers
- Position: Full sun
- Soil: Any well drained, fertile soil
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe, -20 to -15°C)
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: 1.5-2.5m
- Pest & Disease Resistance: Good resistance
- Growth Rate: Average (20-40cm per year)
- Planting Time: January to April & September to December
- Spacing: For a hedge, plant 2-3 per metre (33-50cm apart). For a single specimen, plant 2m apart.
- Pruning: For hedges, cut back flowering stems to a strong pair of buds immediately after flowering. For single specimens, prune in late summer.
- Watering: Water establishing plants during dry spells for at least a year after planting.
- Feeding: Not required.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Bare root
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm
- Eventual Height: 1.5-2.5m (can be maintained at 1m)
Highlights
- Revitalize your post-winter garden with this robust, deciduous shrub, featuring aromatic green leaves and a stunning floral show.
- In early April, it blooms with hanging clusters of magenta pink tubular flowers, later producing edible blackcurrants.
- This vibrant shrub is ideal for creating informal hedges or as part of a wildlife-friendly border.
- Fully hardy and medium-growing, it can reach up to 2.5m but is easily maintained at a shorter size.
- Recognised by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', it provides significant value to bees, butterflies, and other wildlife.
Variety Specifications
- Species: Flowering currant
- Flowering Time: April
- Harvest Time: July, August, September
- Flowers: Hanging racemes of magenta pink tubular flowers
- Position: Full sun
- Soil: Any well drained, fertile soil
- Hardiness: Fully hardy (H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe, -20 to -15°C)
- Habit: Bushy
- Eventual Spread: 1.5-2.5m
- Pest & Disease Resistance: Good resistance
- Growth Rate: Average (20-40cm per year)
Planting & Care
- Planting Time: January to April & September to December
- Spacing: For a hedge, plant 2-3 per metre (33-50cm apart). For a single specimen, plant 2m apart.
- Pruning: For hedges, cut back flowering stems to a strong pair of buds immediately after flowering. For single specimens, prune in late summer.
- Watering: Water establishing plants during dry spells for at least a year after planting.
- Feeding: Not required.
Product Specifications
- Supplied As: Bare root
- Height on Arrival: 30-45cm
- Eventual Height: 1.5-2.5m (can be maintained at 1m)
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