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Ribes alpinum 'Aureum'
Alpine Currant
Plant Type:
DECIDUOUS SHRUBSRibes alpinum ‘Aureum’ – This is a dwarf form of Alpine Currant with yellow leaves in full sun become more lime or greenish-yellow in summer. Flower racemes, 1” to 2” long, are also greenish yellow. Older wood exfoliates. It will make an easy, tough and low maintenance filler plant or a low hedge or edging plant. R. a. ‘Aureum’ is best planted in any good soil to which dolomitic limestone has been added. Cutting grown.
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Characteristics and Attributes for Ribes alpinum 'Aureum'
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Spring
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / into Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Deer Resistant
Light
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Labyrinth
- Shrub Border
- Hedge
- Foundation
- Hedgerow
- Rock Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Medium
Soil
- Fertile
- Calcareous
- Draining
- Average
Origins
- Garden Origin
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown