[Herunterladen] 56 Red Flowering Currant Hedge

There are both red king edward vii and white white icicle flowering cultivars available in the trade.

Red flowering currant hedge. Red flowering currants are early spring bloomers and the dangling flowers attract hummingbirds. Red flowering currants are easy shrubs to propagate. Both hummingbirds and butterflies are attracted to the bloom. The flowers are formed in showy crimson pendulous highly scented clusters often smothering the plant and are an excellent early nectar for bees. Songbirds readily consume the berries. Visit my blog how to make a hummingbird garden for other plants that will bring hummingbirds to your garden. Sanguineum means blood red referring to the color of the flowers.

Red flowering currant the currant family grossulariaceae. In the fall flowers give rise to blue black fruit with whitish bloom. Greyish green leaves cluster on short spur branches arranged along the twiggy stems. Crooked brownish stems stand erect or lean against other shrubs in open to dense thickets. To make a hedge keep a distance of around 3 feet 1 meter between plants. Red currant bushes prefer rather well drained soil. Whatever the exposure favor rich soil and feel free to add soil conditioner to the ground when planting.

Ribes sanguineum pursh rye beez sang gwin ee um names. The red flowering currant is a wildflower that is native to most of the west coast of the united states and canada. Follow the nature and garden tips on how to plant a shrub. Planting flowering currant favor planting in fall or in spring but avoid freezing temperatures or high temperatures. You can quickly produce numerous shrubs from softwood cuttings in early summer. Although the flowers are usually a rosy or pale pink. Other common names include pink winter currant and blood currant.

This 6 10 foot tall deciduous shrub is hardy in usda planting zones 5 10 in early spring it produces pendulous clusters of red or pink flowers that attract and feed hummingbirds bees and butterflies. Red flowering currant a member of the gooseberry family grows in the form of a medium to tall shrub from one to three metres tall.