General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Fruit: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Bees
Various insects

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Common names
  • Red Currant
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Ribes rubrum
  • Synonym: Ribes sativum

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-04-27
Location: My garden, Skåne, Sweden
Date: Taken in the spring of 2009
The low evening sun creates the glowing effect on the bark seen h
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-04-29
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-01
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-06-28
I love how the foliage on this shrub nearly always looks so healt
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-04-25
Location: Metro Detroit
Date: 06-2013

Date: 2012-02-15
Noted as 'Alba'
Location: Lake Bluff, Il
Date: 2012-05-07 
New berries...not red yet.
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Comments:
  • Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Mar 23, 2012 2:49 PM concerning plant:
    Valuable source of nectar and pollen for honey bees.

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