Ribes sang. King Edward VII

Ribes sang. King Edward VII

Ribes sanguineum King Edward VII is a fast-growing, deciduous flowering currant valued for its dense clusters of deep red spring blooms that appear before many shrubs come into leaf, offering early colour and nectar for pollinators. Reliable and easy to grow in Ireland, it thrives in sun or light shade and in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil; ideal for mixed shrub borders or as an informal screen, and simply pruned after flowering to keep a bushy shape.

To help give a clear sense of scale, the stone wall shown in our photos measures approximately 265cm in height. We also use familiar garden tools as visual references: a digging fork (110cm tall) and a hand fork (30cm tall). These are included purely as size guides to help you better judge proportions when viewing the images.

Position: Sun or light shade Rate of Growth: Fast Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained Hardiness: Fully hardy Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Plant at a Glance

light:sun
light:light-shade
facing:south
facing:west
facing:east
facing:north
soiltype:moderate-fertile
soilmoisture:normal
foliage:deciduous
flowering:march
flowering:april
flowercolour:red
leafcolour:green
size:90cm-2m
wildlife:attractive-to-pollinators