Green Mound Alpine Currant Shrub

Never let it go more than 12 inches or you ll lose the shape.

Green mound alpine currant shrub. Flower type raceme. Ribes alpinum commonly called alpine currant is a compact mound forming shrub which grows 3 6 tall. Flower color yellow. Plan a second pruning for midsummer after bright green spring foliage matures to dark green.

Disease and pest resistant. Foliage color green. Good for low hedge. Flower form single.

Flowers are greenish yellow and inconspicuous. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Native to europe alpine currant ribes alpinum is a low growing low maintenance plant with bright green foliage present through the summer. With alpine currant branches free from leaves your hedge s form is easily seen and shaped.

Green mound alpine currant buying options for plants nature hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Prune alpine currants when young tender new growth reaches 6 to 8 inches long. Light conditions sun to part shade. Female 3 to 5 feet high and wide glossy dark green foliage.

Bright green leaves are 3 5 lobed turning to a dull yellow in fall. Alpine currant these shrubs need little winter care but should be occasionally checked for rabbit or other damage. This plant will spread to about 2 3 and may get a little taller. Alpine currant is a landscaper s standby for a carefree shrub you can count on to provide reliable green color spring through fall and is a must have for those landscape spots where you could use something simple and dependable.

Ribes alpinum green mound green mound alpine currant. Emerging early the foliage changes to dark green in summer with an attractive gloss on the leaf uppersides before warming up to yellow in the fall. It is most often used as a hedging or border plant often in mass plantings. Very adaptable to a variety of conditions.

It is hardy to usda zones 3 7. This shrub is excellent in mass or foundation planting in the landscape. Flower hue medium. Leaf texture medium.

Dioecious separate male and female plants. 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. It leafs out early but retains its foliage all summer long and grows in sun or shade. Buying options for plants.

Plant habit rounded.