What: The native flowering currant, or ribes sanguineum, welcomes spring with a showy array of rosy-pink buds softening to a rich, clear pink. The early spring flowers have a spicy fragrance and are a ...

Flowering currant is a classic example of a serviceable American plant that, when transported to different continents, takes on a personality that is unrecognizable. In the UK, Ribes sanguineum has an ...

Late winter in the Bay Area offers a surprising variety of choices to the ambitious gardener, and one of the most attractive shrubs readily available has the added virtue of being a California native.

Flowering currant and California gooseberry are California native shrubs in the genus Ribes. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum and Ribes californicum, respectively, are deciduous in the winter with full ...

A million front gardens will soon be starting to show the pink flowers of the flowering currant and it is so common that we tend to take it for granted. But its discovery by David Douglas in 1825 in ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. – In January and February the flowers of winter arrive, blooming as cheerfully as the showoffs of spring. “One of the coolest things about gardening in the Pacific Northwest is winter ...