Ribes curvatum Brookgreen Gardens in full sun and well-drained

in full sun and well-drained soil of almost any texture

sometimes past sixty feet

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a deep rose red warming to a blush of lighter pink at the center

best appreciated up close

Ribes curvatum Brookgreen Gardens in full sun and well-drainedGranite gooseberry is a rare native shrub of the rocky, granitic soils of the Southeast, turning up in widely scattered localities from Georgia to Texas. A low, deciduous plant of two to four feet, the arching branches root where they touch the ground and knit slowly into colonies, and the small, three lobed leaves and purple, red spined stems give the shrub a fine, distinctive texture. The real charm is the bloom. In spring, small but conspicuous