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Blackcurrant vs Purple Leaf Sand CherryRibes nigrum Prunus x cistena NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW 
Blackcurrant is a medium-sized shrub producing delicious, deep purple to black sweet berries suitable for jams, jellies, syrups and cordial.
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once. BLACKCURRANT QUICK FACTSPURPLE LEAF SAND CHERRY QUICK FACTS
Zone:
2a
Zone:
3a
Height:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Height:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread:
0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture:
normal
Moisture:
dry, normal
Light:
partial shade, full sun
Light:
any
Fall colour:
dark red
Berries:
dark purple to black berries
Flowers:
produces single pinkish flowers
Bark:
smooth dark red to purple bark
Growth rate:
fast
Growth rate:
medium
Life span:
short
Life span:
short
Maintenance:
low
Suckering:
none
Suckering:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: the leaves and seed contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide but are seldom consumed in any quantity
Other Names:
european black currant
Other Names:
purpleleaf sandcherry
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: no
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: no |