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Scientific Name: | Ribes alpinum |
Common Name: | alpine currant |
Family Name: | Grossulariaceae |
Origin: | Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy |
Form: | Round |
Texture: | Medium - fine |
Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Wildlife food |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Pubescent, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
Flowers: | Raceme, Green-yellow, May |
Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug |
Key ID Features: | |
Leaves alternate, 3-5 lobed, bright green; fruit a dark red berry but male plants are more commonly planted for their rust resistance. |