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Water use: Moderate; tolerates some drought.
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Light: Full sun or partial shade.
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Size: 6 to 12 feet tall with similar spread.
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Native Range: This shrub is native in the Pacific northwest.
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Plant habit: Deciduous, spring flowering, upright, woody shrub.
 
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Leaves: Dark green leaves are lobed and very textured. Fall color
is not usually noteworthy, as the leaves may simply turn brown before dropping;
some years the leaves will develop some reddish overtones.
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Flowers: The intricate flowers hang in delicate clusters.
Flowers may be red, pink, or white. They lack fragrance.
 
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Fruit: Some plants may form clusters of fruit with a heavy wax coating
that leaves them looking bluish-gray.
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Culture: This shrub is easy to grow. It may get scale insects.
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Maintenance: Prune this shrub to shape it after flowering by removing
unwanted branches where they originate.
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Cultivars: The nursery industry has introduced various cultivars
with different flower colors; some cultivars even have doubled flowers.
We have had good luck with Ribes sanguineum 'King Edward VII,'
a
cultivar with red flowers and that stays slightly shorter than most winter
currants.
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