Red Flowering Currant Ribes Sanguineum

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. Sun part shade.

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collection Red flowering currant ribes sanguineum!!!

Pendulous clusters of vivid crimson flowers make this the most richly colored variety of flowering currant. A more compact grower than most excellent as a hedge or in a mixed shrub border in native landscaping in cooler climates. The small bluish black berries are edible but they taste terrible. The red flowering currant is a wildflower that is native to most of the west coast of the united states and canada.

Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. Red flowering currants are early spring bloomers and the dangling flowers attract hummingbirds. You can quickly produce numerous shrubs from softwood cuttings in early summer. Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers.

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. Others have ornamental value including red flowering currant. Blue black berries are a favorite of birds.

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