- Botanical Name:Ribes ‘White Imperial’
- Height:4 – 6 Feet
- Spacing:3 – 5′
- Depth:Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the roots without bending them.
- Spread:2 – 5′
- Light Required:Full sun.
- Pollinator:Self pollinating.
- Color:White
- Size:12-15 In. Bareroot
- Blooms:Mid Spring to early Summer.
- Fruit:Produces clusters of white, translucent fruit with a pink blush.
- Zone:5-8
- Form:Deciduous woody shrub.
- Flower Form:Small single flowers form pendulous racemes.
- Soil Requirements:Well-drained, humus enriched moist soil.
- Growth Rate:Moderate.
- Pruning:Little if any required, except to thin old bushes.
- Foliage:Ovate, 1-3″ long and wide, deeply lobed and mid green in color.
- Comments:Bears fruit on 2 year old wood or older.
With a delectable sweetness and pearly, translucent color, Imperial White may be one of the best currants on the market for fresh-from-the bush eating. Sweeter than others, this unique variety is also high in vitamin C, making it an ideal snack. Grows to 4 ft. tall, self-pollinating. Bareroot. Zones 3-5.