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Ribes 'King Edward VII')
Flowering Currant (Ribes 'King Edward VII')
The Flowering Currant (Ribes 'King Edward VII') is colourful deciduous shrub, growing to 4m tall which makes it perfect for use as a hedging plant. Flowers are produced in the early spring, followed by a dark purple berry fruit which is edible but leaves a bitter taste.
The Flowering Currant hedge can be superb as a single species flowering hedge, but also as a component in a mixed hedge. The dark-red flowers appear before the leaves in spring, displaying a mass of very colourful long intense crimson flowers from late March to May, often smothering the plant.