[Download] Alpine Currant Bush

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Alpine currant bush. A full sun or full shade lover this plant is easily grown in average medium moisture well drained soils. The alpine currant is a great dwarf compact dense shrub growing around 3 4 feet high. In this case after a year you get a young plant that can be transplanted to a permanent place. It is hardy to usda zones 3 7. The alpine currant is very hardy tolerating winter temperatures as low as 50 degrees fahrenheit and is drought tolerant. It gets a little fuller when it leafs out in spring. Currently the wild growing species of this plant is on the verge of extinction and is listed in the red book.

In height and spread 90 180 cm. The shrub is widely adaptable but it does require regular pruning to keep its shape and maintain its health. There are inconspicuous yellow flowers in june. Alpine currant or ribes alpinum shrubs are mounding dense and compact making them ideal bushes for a hedge. It s very reliable and can be easily transplanted. That is in the fall the folded branch of an adult bush is dug out or pressed to the ground. If rabbit damage is found you can protect the plant with a fence formed with hardware cloth looks like chicken wire but with small square holes.

Female 3 to 5 feet high and wide glossy dark green foliage. Green jeans alpine currant ribes alpinum spreg. Alpine currant ribes alpinum refers to deciduous dioecious shrubs of the genus currant and the gooseberry family. With red currants everything is different. Perfect for shrub borders. It is most often used as a hedging or border plant often in mass plantings. Alpine currant mountain currant grows with an upright oval habit when young spreading with age.

You need to start with the fact that the most successful way of reproduction of any currant layering. Native to europe alpine currant ribes alpinum is a low growing low maintenance plant with bright green foliage present through the summer.