Alpine Currant - Green Mound

$15.95

Can also be massed in the shrub border and effective in shady woodland areas. Grow this plant in sun or shade with normal to moist soil. The species is a dioecious shrub which requires both male and female plants for fruit production (an inedible, scarlet berry). It is a tough and hardy dwarf shrub that adapts well to urban conditions and makes an excellent small hedge. Green Mound Alpine Currant, Ribes alpinum 'Green Mound', leafs out in early spring and has clean, dark green foliage throughout the summer. Green Mound is a male cultivar which obviously bears no fruit. It is very winter hardy. Green Mound is a mounding, compact, dense, spineless, deciduous shrub that grows to 3-4 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. It creates a beautiful low maintenance hedge with its disease resistant foliage. ... more info

Sweetshrub It is utilized for shrub borders, foundations, and native plant areas. It grows somewhat taller in shade than in sun, and it is tolerant of a wide range of soils, but prefers rich loam. Use as a specimen near front door, patio or other living areas where the fragrant flower aroma may be enjoyed. The Sweetshrub, Calycanthus floridus, or Carolina allspice is a dense, rounded deciduous shrub with a suckering habit which grows 6-9' tall with an equal or slightly greater spread.