| Scientific Name: | Ribes sanguineum |
| Common Name: | flowering currant, winter currant |
| Family Name: | Grossulariaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Group or mass planting, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Pink, Red, Mar-Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Edible, Blue, Black, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large deciduous shrub; alternate leaves with 3-5 lobes, dark green wrinkled above, and whitish tomentose below; leaf has a spicy scent when crushed; raceme pendulous, pink, flowers dark-red, (R. 'Alba' with white flowers is also popular), Mar-May. Winter ID: bark brown with prominent horizontal lenticels, buds alternate, ovoid; leaf scars crescent shaped with 3 bundle scars. | |