Ribes sanguineum | Flowering Currant. Originated in … Pacific Coast US;Central US | Shrub
Ribes sanguineum belongs to the plant family GROSSULARIACEĈ and Genus Ribes This Shrub prefers Moist, well drained soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to partial shade
People create special hummingbird or "hummer" gardens. Hummingbirds feed by site and tend to fly in the same areas. There is a term for these routes called traplinings. Consider hummingbird plants that flower at different times. Do not use pesticides since hummingbirds eat the plant insects as a source of protein. Hummingbirds do not have a sense of smell and rely upon sight and high nectar producing plants. Ribes sanguineum is known to attract humming birds and other nectar feeding garden birds.
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Ribes sanguineum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Ribes sanguineum flowering currant is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Ribes sanguineum | Flowering Currant is either a deciduous plant which means it loses its leaves in Autumn or Fall or it can be classed as an evergreen but only for warmer climates (maintains leaves all year round). Beware using trees that lose their leaves around fish ponds.
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
Ribes sanguineum attracts hummingbirds. Flowering currant has faint sweet flowers. This plant can survive cold winters where the average annual low is -10° Fahrenheit. Full sun to partial shade is needed for this species to do its best. It prefers moist, well drained soils.
Ribes sanguineum will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 5 and20 years.
Ribes sanguineum is a woody perennial. Flowers: Flowering currant has tubular flowers. The flowers are most often a red color.
Ribes sanguineum | Flowering Currant is classed as a flowering plant specimen. The flower's principle colouring is red. If the flower has other colours these flower accent colors would be described as … . Secondary color or not the flower is described as: tubular flowers
Flowers of the plant Ribes sanguineum have a smell of less spicy than others in the Ribes genus and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Faintly sweet | Faint
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 6' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between 6' and 6'
"Hummingbird Gardens: Turning your yard into hummingbird heaven", Stephen W. Kress, editor, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn New York, 2000.
"The Fragrant Garden. A book about sweet scented flowers and leaves", Louise Beebe Wilder, Dover Publications, New York, 1974. Originally published as "The Fragrant Path", Louise Beebe Wilder, 1932, The Macmillan Company.