25+ Green Mound Alpine Currant Shrub

Flower hue medium.

Green mound alpine currant shrub. It leafs out early but retains its foliage all summer long and grows in sun or shade. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. 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. The green mound alpine currant is a nice hardy selection that stays dense and rounded. It is most often used as a hedging or border plant often in mass plantings. Extremely winter hardy ribes alpinum alpine currant is a compact mound forming deciduous shrub with bright green trilobed leaves in spring. 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. Leaf texture medium. Native to europe alpine currant ribes alpinum is a low growing low maintenance plant with bright green foliage present through the summer. Foliage color green. This plant will spread to about 2 3 and may get a little taller. Alpine currant these shrubs need little winter care but should be occasionally checked for rabbit or other damage. Flowers are greenish yellow and inconspicuous.

With alpine currant branches free from leaves your hedge s form is easily seen and shaped. Plant habit rounded. Ribes alpinum commonly called alpine currant is a compact mound forming shrub which grows 3 6 tall. Never let it go more than 12 inches or you ll lose the shape. It is hardy to usda zones 3 7. 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. Buying options for plants.

Ribes alpinum green mound green mound alpine currant. Good for low hedge. 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. Disease and pest resistant. Flower type raceme. Flower color yellow. Very adaptable to a variety of conditions.

Plan a second pruning for midsummer after bright green spring foliage matures to dark green. Light conditions sun to part shade. Green jeans alpine currant ribes alpinum spreg. Dioecious separate male and female plants. Prune alpine currants when young tender new growth reaches 6 to 8 inches long.