Forum home› Plants
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

Ribes - good for....nothing?

alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
in Plants
I inherited a flowering currant (don't know the name of the variety) but I like it.
It produces lots of seedlings but are they worthy growing on and are they true to the parent plant? 
Thank you 

Posts

  • thevictorianthevictorian Posts: 1,279
    They are worth growing on if you want more of them or have people to pass them on to. They look glorious in the spring but not so interesting the rest of the year.

    The seedlings can vary. I've seen the classic pink type with various self sown plants around it in various shades of pink. I think it's the white types that are more likely to become pinker seedlings but some of these can look nice. If you want to take the natural variation or guess work out of it, they grow very easily from cuttings and that way they share the flower colour of the parent plant.
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    Thank you @thevictorian. They are indeed very pretty now and I like the leaves.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    I used to grow a very different Ribes. R Speciosum with Fuchsia like flowers beautiful but the thorns were sharpe.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Sign In or Register to comment.