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Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle' (Red flowering currant, Winter currant)


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Hardiness Zones: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Botanical Name: Ribes sanguineum 'White Icicle' RY-beez san-GWIN-ee-um Common Name: Red flowering currant, Winter currant Genus: Ribes
This is considered one of the best white flowering currants, bearing long-lasting, pendent racemes of pungently spicy, pure-white blooms. Its yellow autumn leaves fall to expose mahogany stems in winter, which later make a striking contrast to chartreuse flower buds in spring. It grows to about 10 feet high and wide.
 Noteworthy characteristics: Fragrant white flowers; yellow fall color; mahogany stems in winter.
 Care: Grow in reasonably fertile, well-drained soil in full sun. After flowering, cut back shoots to strong buds, and remove one-third to one-fifth of old shoots at the base. 
 Propagation: Take hardwood cuttings in winter.
 Problems: Ribes is a host for pine blister rust, and because of this there is a ban on them in some states. Caterpillars, aphids, scale, dieback, downy mildew, anthracnose, rust, powdery mildew, white heart rot, Septoria leaf spot.
Height 6 ft. to 10 ft.
Spread 6 ft. to 10 ft.
Growth Habit Clumps
Growth Pace Moderate Grower
Light Full Sun to Part Shade
Moisture Medium Moisture
Maintenance Low
Tolerance Deer Tolerant;Drought Tolerant
Characteristics Attracts Birds; Attracts Butterflies; Fragrant Flowers; Fragrant Foliage; Native; Self Seeds; Showy Flowers; Showy Fruit
Bloom Time Spring
Flower Color White Flower
Uses , Beds and Borders, Hedge, Naturalizing, Screening
Style , Woodland Garden
Seasonal Interest , Spring Interest, Summer Interest, Fall Interest
Type ,Shrubs

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