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Ribes sanguineum var. glutinosum 'Claremont' (Blood currant 'Claremont')

Other names: Ribes sanguineum 'Claremont', Pink flowering currant 'Claremont', Winter currant 'Claremont', Ribes glutinosum 'Claremont'

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Variety or Cultivar
'Claremont' is a vigorous, upright, deciduous shrub with thornless, dark brown branches bearing aromatic, lobed, toothed, wrinkled, mid- to dark green leaves, white-hairy beneath, and, from late winter into spring, pendent racemes of tubular, rose-pink flowers followed by small, blue-black fruit.
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Season of interest

Flower

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Flower

Foliage

Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Foliage
Height and spread

Height and spread

Size Max height Max spread To maturity
2.4 m 2.4 m 5-10 years
7 ft 7 ft 5-10 years

Where to grow

Soil type
  • Chalky
  • Clay
  • Loamy
  • Sandy
Soil drainage
  • Moist but well-drained
  • Well-drained
Soil pH
  • Acid
  • Alkaline
  • Neutral
Sunlight
  • Full Sun
Aspect
  • East
  • West
  • South
  • North
Exposure
  • Exposed
  • Sheltered

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Cultivation

Easy to grow in most soils. Best in a sunny or partially shaded position in moderately fertile, well-drained soil.

Suggested uses

Cottage/Informal, Hedging/Screens, Low Maintenance

UK hardiness

H6

USDA zones

Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8

Sunset zone

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, A3

WUCOLS

North-Central Coastal = Low
Central Valley = Low
South Coastal = Low
South Inland = Moderate/Medium
High and Intermediate Desert = Unknown
Low Desert = Unknown

Foliage

Deciduous

Habit

Upright

Native to

Garden origin

Drought tolerant

No

Flood tolerant

No

Fragrance

Foliage is aromatic.

Toxicity

Not toxic

Plant care

Pruning

Use as a specimen of an informal hedge. Pruning group 2 or, if wall-trained, group 13. Prune hedges after flowering. Mulch with well-rotted compost after pruning.

Propagation methods

Hardwood cuttings, Semi-ripe cuttings

Pests

Aphids

Diseases

Leaf spot

Cut shoots to within two to four buds of the framework branches

Prune when winter planting and then again in second year (optional)

Annual trimming (optional)

Take hardwood cuttings in autumn and winter

Plant container grown plants in moderately fertile, well-drained soil

Prune after flowering (optional)

Plant container grown plants in a sunny postion

Take semi-ripe cuttings

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