25 RED FLOWERING CURRANT Ribes Sanguineum aka Blood Currant Edible Fruit Blue Black Berries Shrub Seeds

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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WE HAVE OVER 2,000 TYPES OF FLOWER, VINE, TREE, SHRUB, HERB, FRUIT, & VEGETABLE SEEDS TO CHOOSE FROM!!!

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5 By DaveGrainger - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, httpscommons.wikimedia.orgwindex.phpcurid=93206092
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