| The Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry is a native plant out of California with as
latin denomination Ribes speciosum. This plant grows there in deep mountain
clefts or slopes till a height of 750 m, His classification in USDA-zone 7 indicates that
this plant is in The Netherlands moderate winter hardy; the plant is therefore for sale in
The Netherlands. So this ribes is among other things included in the catalogue of the
nursery Fa. Esveld in Boskoop. And understanding photo shows that this plant also is to
see in Arboretum Trompenburg in Rotterdam. This ribes requires no high requirments to the kind of soil, but demands
well a sunny standing-place. The something prickly shrub becomes about 1,50 m high
and the flowering is in April/June. |
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November 2008