Ribes odoratum 3L
Product Code: 168080
£18.99
- Common Name: Flowering Currant / Buffalo Currant
- Details: R. odoratum is a spineless, upright shrub with hairy young shoots. Broadly ovate, 3-5 lobed, toothed bright green leaves turn red and purple in in autumn. In mid and late spring tubular fragrant yellow flowers are borne in pendent racemes 5cm long. Spherical black fruits follow
- Characteristics: Foliage: Deciduous: Habit: Bushy: Hardiness: H5 - Hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
- Sunlight: Full Sun: Exposure: Sheltered: Aspect: West-facing or South-facing or East-facing
- Soil: Moisture: Moist but well-drained, Well-drained: Soil Type: Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Size: Ultimate height: 1.5-2.5 metres: Ultimate spread: 1.5-2.5 metres: Time to ultimate height: 5-10 years
- Suggested planting locations and garden types: Cottage & Informal Garden
Description
Description
Genus: Ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes spiny, with simple, usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell-shaped, solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer, followed by juicy, sometimes edible berries
