Ribes sanguineum White Icicle - Flowering Currant, Plant in 12 cm Pot

Ribes sanguineum is native to almost all temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and has been cultivated for its aromatic foilage and spring flowers for 100's of years. Ribes sanguineum White Icicle has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. A lovely, deciduous and very hardy plant that produces pendent clusters of white, tubular flowers which smother the bush in March to April. Attractive black berries often folllow in autumn. This popular form of flowering currant is compact and upright in habit making it ideal for where border space is limited or for growing as an informal, flowering hedge. In addition to the flowers it has the advantage of being a very hardy and robust species surviving almost anywhere regardless of conditions. It can be grown in a mixed planting, as a specimen by itself or even in a pot or container. When growing in a pot or other container, use a good quality John Innes compost as this plant will be there a long time and peaty types of compost eventually degrade and become too packed and choke the roots. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmoscote pro 5-6 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year. John Innes is a soils based compost.