Pink Flowering Currant Ribes Sanguineum
Blue black berries are a favorite of birds.
Pink flowering currant ribes sanguineum. Genus ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs sometimes spiny with simple usually palmately lobed leaves and small tubular or bell shaped solitary or racemose flowers borne in spring or summer followed by juicy sometimes edible berries. Other common names include pink winter currant and blood currant. Ribes sanguineum the flowering currant redflower currant or red flowering currant is a north american species of flowering plant in the family grossulariaceae native to western united states and canada british columbia washington idaho oregon california but widely cultivated and naturalized throughout temperate europe and australasia. Not so the red flowering currant for it is unashamedly brash.
It is best grown in full to part sun in moist but well drained soils. One such plant is this wonderful currant. Pink flowering currant an absolute must have for almost any garden. Ribes claremont bursts into glorious mouth watering display beginning in february and lasting thru april.
The specimen pictured is flowering in the front garden along the street from where i live and when i first saw its flowers appearing before the sculpted palmate leaves i couldn t place it. Flowering currant is another lesser known yet beautiful shrub that blooms early in the spring. Red flowering currant the currant family grossulariaceae ribes sanguineum pursh rye beez sang gwin ee um names. Ribes sanguineum king edward vii sku 9111 pendulous clusters of vivid crimson flowers make this the most richly colored variety of flowering currant.
Icicle is another variety with creamy white flowers. It is also known as ribes sanguineum and the most popular variety king edward vii delivers beautiful reddish pink flowers. Other common names flowering currant pulborough scarlet. Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers.
Ribes sanguineum is one of the first of the red flowering plants to be noticed in the spring mainly because of the masses of red flowers from top to bottom of the shrub. Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. This currant likes shade to part shade moderate water in interior very drought tolerant in coastal gardens. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum is native to canyons and north slopes in the coast ranges.