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Ribes laurifolium
Ribes laurifolium is an evergreen, scrambling shrub from western China and Myanmar, grown for its glossy leaves and small flowers. It does best in cool, moist, partly shaded conditions with good drainage.
Ribes laurifolium, the laurel-leaved currant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Grossulariaceae, native to China, in Guizhou, West Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ribes laurifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
