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Alpine Currant Seeds
Alpine Currant Seeds
Pack contains: 50+ seeds
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Alpine Currant (Ribes alpinum) is a dense, rounded shrub native to central and northern Europe. It is commonly grown for hedges and foundation plantings.
Bright green lobed leaves turn yellow in fall. Small yellow green spring flowers may be followed by red berries, although the shrub is grown mainly for its foliage and compact habit. It tolerates sun or partial shade, urban conditions, and soils ranging from sand to clay.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 3
Seed Source: Holland
Stratification Required: 3 months cold
Mature Size: 3 to 6 ft tall and wide
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Growing details
- Growth habit
- Dense rounded deciduous shrub with 3-5-lobed leaves and yellow autumn colour
- Hardiness reference
- USDA Zones 2a-7b; not converted to Canadian zones
- Native range
- Northern and central Europe into Russia; not native to Manitoba
- Growing site
- Full sun to deep shade; average to moist, well-drained soil; neutral to alkaline
- Disease context
- Rusts, leaf spots and anthracnose are listed problems
- Fruit-set requirement
- Dioecious; fruit is borne on female plants, and this seed lot's sex mix is unknown
- Species size reference
- About 4-6 ft tall and 4-7 ft wide
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada