Ribes speciosum
Fuchsia Flowered Currant
Deciduous, bears fuchsia like slender red flowers mid to late spring. A good shrub for growing against a north facing wall, with a quietly pleasing personality, although not showy enough or long flowering enough to be really popular. A super specimen is on the wall directly opposite the toilets at RHS Wisley, which tells you all you need to know!
Contributed by @SylviaDavies
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Fuchsia Flowered Currant
Latin name
Ribes speciosum
type
Deciduous Shrub
family
Grossulariaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
3.00 M
3.00 M
Ribes speciosum
Deciduous, bears fuchsia like slender red flowers mid to late spring. A good shrub for growing against a north facing wall, with a quietly pleasing personality, although not showy enough or long flowering enough to be really popular. A super specimen is on the wall directly opposite the toilets at RHS Wisley, which tells you all you need to know!
Planting young plants
From Early Spring TO Late Autumn
Plant container grown plants in spring or autumn. They tolerate a wide range of soil types that are fairly moist and well drained and prefer full sun or partial shade.
Propagation by cuttings
From Mid Autumn TO Late Autumn
Take hardwood cuttings of up to .3m from this years growth, taken in autumn, making a clean cut from above a shoot and remove any soft growth. Nearly fill a container with fine grit at the bottom, to enable free draining, and a suitable compost. Place the cutting, having dipped he end in a rooting compound first, with a third of the cutting showing.
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