Ribes sanguineum - Flowering currant

Flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) is a deciduous shrub native to the Pacific coast of North America, its fruit edible raw or cooked and its flowers a draw for pollinators.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Ribes spp. - Currant
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Hedge¹
• Wildlife habitat¹
• Pollination¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ribes sanguineum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩