Ribes Sanguineum (Flowering Currant)




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Ribes Sanguineum (Flowering Currant)
Plant of the Day
Monday 5 May 2025
In this garden that has gone back to nature the Ribes sanguineum (flowering currant, American currant, red-flowered currant, winter currant) is still flourishing. This vigorous deciduous shrub survives the winds of Orkney and produces the racemes of reddish-pink tubular flowers in spring which are appreciate by the pollinators. There are a range of cultivars with flowers from deep pink, pale pink to white.
Jill Raggett
Frutti di Ribes Uva-spina (Ribes uva-crispa L., Grossulariaceae)
Ribes lobbii - Gummy Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
The genus Ribes (in the family Grossulariaceae) includes the plants known as gooseberries and those known as currants (the key difference here is that gooseberries have thorny stems, while currants do not). This one is Ribes speciosum, known as the fuchsia-flowered gooseberry. Note that is is not related to the true fuchsias, just resembling them in having red dangling flowers. R. speciosum is a California native, found from the Bay Area southward along the coast and the Coast Ranges to Southern California and northern Baja California. Its abundant showy red flowers come very early in the year, making it a popular landscaping plant.
-Brian
Ribes Sanguineum (Flowering Currant) taken from Paxton's Magazine of Botany by Joseph Paxton.
Published 1839 by Orr and Smith.
Biodiversity Heritage Library
archive.org
One thing I love about this time of year is that every day something new flowers 🌺🌸🪻
Missouri gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)
(May 2025)