22+ Pink Flowering Currant Ribes Sanguineum

This currant likes shade to part shade moderate water in interior very drought tolerant in coastal gardens.

Pink flowering currant ribes sanguineum. Other early red flowering shrubs are a little more subtle with individual blooms to be found. Red flowering currant the currant family grossulariaceae ribes sanguineum pursh rye beez sang gwin ee um names. It is best grown in full to part sun in moist but well drained soils. One such plant is this wonderful currant. 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. You may find plants with flowers ranging from white to a deep red. 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. Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers. Other common names flowering currant pulborough scarlet. Other common names include pink winter currant and blood currant. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum is native to canyons and north slopes in the coast ranges. 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.

Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. 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. 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. Blue black berries are a favorite of birds. Pink flowering currant an absolute must have for almost any garden.