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Grossulariaceae
Currant
Ribes spicatum
Also known as Ribes, Garden currant, Red currant, Ribes petraeum var. spicatum
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Currant · Ribes · Berry Shrub · Edible · Fruiting · Deciduous · Shade Tolerant · Cool Climate · Native · Wildlife Garden
Ribes spicatum is a hardy, deciduous currant shrub that performs best in partial shade with consistently moist, fertile soil. Water regularly during the growing season and apply a balanced fertilizer in early spring to encourage vigorous growth. Annual pruning after fruiting helps maintain an open structure and promotes healthy new canes.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to keep the root zone moist, especially during fruiting season · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belgium, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Krym
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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