Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant Slow A stunning fast growing shrub

A stunning fast growing shrub or small tree from the Myrtle family that reaches up to sixteen feet high and twenty feet wide

It sheds its dried flowers and a significant portion of its small blade-like leaves each dry season

The plant flowers are an important food source for butterflies and hummingbirds

You can cut back the entire plant to 4” stubs

White Bird of Paradise

Ribes sanguineum, Red Flowering Currant Slow A stunning fast growing shrubRed Flowering Currant A California native shrub that reaches a height of thirteen feet tall by seven feet wide. The dark bark is brown gray with green leaves. Fragrant pink flowers bloom in the spring through winter. Purple fruit is edible and the birds really enjoy them. Deciduous in winter. It is best to prune after flowering, the plant can be pruned at any time during the year as well. Plant with: Maples (Acer sp.), Alders (Alnus sp.), Giant