DESCRIPTION:
NAME: Red Flowering Currant
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Blood Currant / Winter Currant / Redflower Currant
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ribes Sanguineum syn. Ribes Albidum / Ribes Augustum / Ribes Alceifolium
COLOR: Red Flowers / Bluish Black Fruit
PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow / Cold stratify / Indoors before last frost / Outdoors after danger of frost
BLOOM TIME: April – May
HARVEST: Aug – Oct
HARDINESS ZONE: 5 – 9
PLANT HEIGHT: 6 – 12′
PLANT SPACING: 3 – 5′
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun – Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 25 Seeds
OTHER: The Red Flowering Currant is a very ornamental shrub with edible fruit. Ribes sanguineum is native to western North America, & has spicy fragrant foliage. It flowers in clusters of stunning red blooms that attract butterflies & HUMMINGBIRDS.
The fruit is a berry called a currant, & they are about the same size as a blueberries. The berries of the Red Flowering Currant begin a pale blue & mature to a deep purple. Currants can be eaten raw, made into jams & pies, or dried & stored for later use.
These shrubs tolerate a wide variety of soil conditions including sand or clay or drought. They are a good choice for erosion control. The Currant Shrub also provides habitat for woodland creatures, & birds & other small animals will enjoy eating the seeds if you decide to share some. The berries look stunning against the lovely yellow fall leaves!
We also have Red Wax Currant & Black (Golden) Current seeds in our shop!
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Photo Credits:
5 By DaveGrainger – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=93206092
9 By Walter Siegmund (talk) – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=6627049
10 By Mark Robinson from Williton, UK – Pink CascadesUploaded by Austin512, CC BY 2.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=7374554
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