Ribes alpestre

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Read about Ribes alpestre in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Ribes alpestre, Decne. Upright shrub, to 10 ft.: branches with stout spines to 3/4in. long and usually in 3's, often bristly: lvs. cordate to truncate, 3—5-lobed, with incisely dentate, obtusish lobes, 1-2 in. broad: fls. 1-2, short-peduncled, greenish or sometimes reddish; calyx-tube campanulate, glandular; sepals oblong, reflexed, about as long as tube; petals white, elliptic, at least half as long as sepals; ovary with gland-tipped bristly hairs: fr. globose or ovoid, to 3/5in. long, with gland-tipped bristles. Himalayas, W. China. Var. giganteum, Jancz. Shrub, to 15 ft. with stout spines over 1 in. long: fls. glabrous, with smooth ovary: fr. larger, smooth, green. W. China.—R. alpestre may prove to be a desirable hedge-plant, hardy at least as far north as Mass.; in W. China, E. H. Wilson found hedges 6-8 ft. high so thick and spiny that a yak, an animal as strong as an ox, could not break through them. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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