19+ Yellow Currant Bush

They need well drained soil with plenty of organic matter and a ph between 5 5 and 7 0. Valued for its foliage and flowers.

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Yellow currant bush

An excellent choice for early spring color this deciduous shrub produces abundant strongly clove scented trumpet shaped golden yellow flowers on its upright but arching branches. Currants grow in long clusters of five or more berries each with shriveled flowers that dangle from the ends. Fruit keeps up to 2 months on the bush.

Observe the berry clusters. The sweetly scented flowers are tubular and golden yellow when fresh but turn orangish to violet with age. Hummingbirds feed on nectar and other birds eat the berries.

Old variety great for jams and preserves. Golden currant ribes aureum clusters of fragrant bright yellow flowers in spring followed by sweet and juicy large black berries. A vigorous widely adapted shrub to 9 feet in height.

The ribes species was banned from import to the us for many decades because it was linked to causing pest infestations to indigenous firs and pines. Now that the ban has been lifted we can again enjoy the currant and gooseberry fruits for jams and wines or for just eating off the bush. The forsythia stands out more than other yellows because of the multitude of flowers it produces.

Golden currant ribes aureum is a non spiny shrub with stems 4 5 feet tall and mostly three lobed maple like leaves. Ribes aureum var aureum and ribes var. Ripe fruits amber yellow to black in color are edible and attract a wide range of birds.

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