21+ Red Flowering Currant Ribes Sanguineum

You can quickly produce numerous shrubs from softwood cuttings in early summer. Other common names include pink winter currant and blood currant.

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Red flowering currant ribes sanguineum

The small bluish black berries are edible but they taste terrible. Red flowering currant is in the grossulariaceae gooseberry family which contains only 1 genus ribes and approximately 120 species. A more compact grower than most excellent as a hedge or in a mixed shrub border in native landscaping in cooler climates.

Pendulous clusters of vivid crimson flowers make this the most richly colored variety of flowering currant. Sun part shade. Ribes sanguineum king edward vii.

In early spring it produces pendulous clusters of red or pink flowers that attract and feed hummingbirds bees and butterflies. Red flowering currant the currant family grossulariaceae. Although red flowering currant ribes sanguineum is a deciduous shrub it offers year round appeal and habitat making it a favorite among pacific northwest gardeners and wildlife alike.

Others have ornamental value including red flowering currant. Ribes sanguineum the flowering currant redflower currant or red flowering currant is a north american species of flowering plant in the family grossulariaceae native to western united states and canada british columbia washington idaho oregon california but widely cultivated and naturalized throughout temperate europe and australasia. Red flowering currants are early spring bloomers and the dangling flowers attract hummingbirds.

This deciduous multi stemmed shrub grows 8 10 tall on upright arching stems. Certainly one of the most beloved and showy of native northwest shrubs the brilliant display of carmine red flowers in spring are welcomed by gardeners and hummingbirds alike. Description flowering currant is not only a northwest native growing extensivley from british columbia south to northern california but has also become popular garden shrub grown for its brightly colored and scented flowers in early spring.

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