PlantsFruits & Berries
Red Currant
Ribes rubrum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Translucent fruit for part sun
EasyFruits & BerriesAlso Shrubs & VinesEdible
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 4 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Apr; fruit Jul
- How it spreads
- Shrub
- What to buy
- A dormant bush.
- When to plant
- Plant April.
In the design
One of the few fruits that is honest in part sun. Keep it away from an eastern white pine you are trying to protect. Birds get a share.
If you eat it
Ripe fruit
Don't eat leaves.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
