About
Ribes sanguineum White Icicle ('Ubric') is a robust deciduous shrub that can reach heights of up to 2 meters. It features rounded leaves with shallow lobes and a hint of aroma. The plant produces drooping clusters of tubular white blooms, which are succeeded by glossy, blue-black berries.
About the genus
Ribes encompasses both deciduous and evergreen shrubs, which may occasionally have spines. The leaves are typically simple and often palmately lobed. In the spring or summer, these plants produce small tubular or bell-shaped flowers, either solitary or arranged in racemes. Following the flowering period, they develop juicy berries, some of which are edible.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
- Aspect
- West-facing, East-facing, South-facing, North-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
- Fragrance
- Foliage
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Easy to grow in moderately fertile well-drained soil in full sun. Useful for informal hedging
- Pruning
- Pruning group 2 or Pruning group 13 if wall-trained, in late summer; trim hedges after flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by hardwood cuttings in winter
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to scale insects, gall mites, gall midge and aphids
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to currant leaf spot, powdery mildews, coral spot, rust diseases and sometimes honey fungus