26+ Ribes Sanguineum Wit

Leaves alternate simple foliage pale green. Summer berries are blackish blue with a waxy powder coating.

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Ribes sanguineum wit

Ribes sanguineum white icicle sku 9113 profusely adorned by hanging clusters of white flowers in early spring followed by blue black berries in summer. Ribes sanguineum was introduced into cultivation by 19th century scottish botanist david douglas. White icicle white flowers blooms early compact 6 8 6 ft 1 8 2 4 1 8 m ubc introduction 1988.

Broadleaf deciduous multi stemmed shrub 6 8 ft tall and about 6 ft wide 1 8 2 4 1 8 m upright arching to rounded habit. It and its varieties and cultivars are popular garden shrubs valued for their brightly colored and scented flowers in early spring and birds and habitat support. However it was david douglas the famous scottish plant explorer who introduced it into british commerce.

Archibald menzies is regarded as the first european to discover ribes sanguineum which he did in 1793 during his voyage with capt. Blooms about 2 weeks earlier than most wild forms drooping clusters 10 13 cm long pure white flowers. Superb as a hedge or specimen.

Fruit blue black with whitish bloom. Aromatic leaves are lobed fuzzy and deep green. Synonyms ribes sanguineum white icicle family grossulariaceae genus ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs sometimes spiny with simple usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell shaped solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer followed by juicy sometimes edible berries.

Extra showy drooping clusters of spring flowers are unusually bright white. Ribes sanguineum white icicle white icicle flowering currant a deciduous shrub with a compact vase shaped growth habit. Numerous cultivars have been selected with flowers ranging from white to dark red.

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