20 Red WAX CURRANT Edible Fruit Berries Pink Flowers Shrub Ribes Cereum Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Wax Currant OTHER COMMON NAMES: Western Red Currant / Waxy Currant / Squaw Currant SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ribes Cereum COLOR: Pink Flowers / Red Fruit PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify BLOOM TIME: Flowers Apr - July HARVEST: Fruit July - Aug HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 10 PLANT HEIGHT: 60 - 72" PLANT SPACING: 36 - 48" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 20 Seeds OTHER: The Wax Currant is an ornamental shrub with edible fruit. Ribes Cereum is native to western North America, & has spicy fragrant foliage. It flowers in clusters of curling tube shaped pink & white blooms that attract butterflies & HUMMINGBIRDS. The flowers are edible, & have a sweet taste! This gourmet delicacy can be used as a desert or salad topping. The fruit is a berry called a Currant, & currants are about the same size as a blueberry. The fruit of the Wax Currant is red. Currants can be eaten raw, made into jams & pies, or dried