99+ Ribes Sanguineum Red Pimpernel

Other common names include pink winter currant and blood currant. Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers.

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Archibald menzies is regarded as the first european to discover ribes sanguineum which he did in 1793 during his voyage with capt. Stunning red tubular flowers in early spring that are visited by hummingbirds and butterflies. Ribes is distributed across the northern hemisphere and in temperate south america. Red flowering currant ribes sanguineum red flowering currant is in the grossulariaceae gooseberry family which contains only 1 genus ribes and approximately 120 species.

Ribes sanguineum white icicle. Ribes sanguineum red pimpernel. Deciduous shrub a much more compact form of this spring classic with masses of clusters of bright pinky red flowers freely produced throughout mid spring. However it was david douglas the famous scottish plant explorer who introduced it into british commerce.

Ribes sanguineum red flowering currant red flowering currant is the most common ribes found in gardens and landscapes. Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. The drooping clusters of light to deep pink flowers are one of the first things to bloom here in the pacific northwest happily corresponding to the time when hummingbirds are in migration to their eventual summer breeding grounds. Songbirds will eat the fruits of red flowering currant.

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