25 RED FLOWERING CURRANT Ribes Sanguineum aka Blood Currant Edible Fruit Blue Black Berries Shrub Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Red Flowering Currant OTHER COMMON NAMES: Blood Currant / Winter Currant / Redflower Currant SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ribes Sanguineum syn. Ribes Albidum / Ribes Augustum / Ribes Alceifolium COLOR: Red Flowers / Bluish Black Fruit PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow / Cold stratify / Indoors before last frost / Outdoors after danger of frost BLOOM TIME: April - May HARVEST: Aug - Oct HARDINESS ZONE: 5 - 9 PLANT HEIGHT: 6 - 12' PLANT SPACING: 3 - 5' LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 25 Seeds OTHER: The Red Flowering Currant is a very ornamental shrub with edible fruit. Ribes sanguineum is native to western North America, & has spicy fragrant foliage. It flowers in clusters of stunning red blooms that attract butterflies & HUMMINGBIRDS. The fruit is a berry called a currant, & they are about the same size as a blueberries. The berries of the Red Flowering Currant begin a pale blue & mature to a deep purple. Currants can be e