Red Currant Ribes Sanguineum

There are both red king edward vii and white white icicle flowering cultivars available in the trade. Some species are cultivated for food.

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Red currant ribes sanguineum

Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. Red flowering currant ribes sanguineum red flowering currants are easy shrubs to propagate. Red flowering currant is in the grossulariaceae gooseberry family which contains only 1 genus ribes and approximately 120 species.

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones as far south. Ribes sanguineum flowering currants are one of the first flowers of spring and always alert me to the fact that the hummingbirds have arrived and it s time to get the feeders out. Excellent as a specimen plant hedge or border plant flowering currant ribes sanguineum and its varieties thrive in a range of u s.

Ribes sanguineum king edward vii sku 9111 pendulous clusters of vivid crimson flowers make this the most richly colored variety of flowering currant. Ribes is distributed across the northern hemisphere and in temperate south america. Songbirds readily consume the berries.

Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers. 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 currant ribes sanguineum by russ holmes.

Both hummingbirds and butterflies are attracted to the bloom. Flowering currant does best on the west side of the cascades. You can quickly produce numerous shrubs from softwood cuttings in early summer.

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