The plant in the upper half of the photo is a red-flowering currant, in the lower part is a hellebore in bloom. Together, they make a striking spring show in the Northwest landscape. (Marci Degman) ...

Red Flowering Currant is one of my favorite spring flowering shrubs. The bright pink flowers emerge in our area by mid-February and last for six weeks or so. Those bright pink flowers are pretty much ...

One of our earliest spring flowers, this shrub isn’t easily overlooked. Gently drooping clusters of dark pink, tubular flowers that erupt just ahead of the wide-oval, bluntly-notched leaves are the ...

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 ...

CORVALLIS – If you don't have much space to plant shrubs, you'll want to keep an eye out for Oregon Snowflake, a new flowering currant developed by Oregon State University that is smaller than other ...

Our native shrub the red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) has a host of cultivars that produce different-colored flowers. This includes 'White Icicle,' which has pendant clusters of white flowers ...

David Douglas, the plant collector, sent back seedlings of Ribes sanguineum from North America in 1826. The Royal Horticultural Society, which backed his three-year expedition, was delighted with the ...

Ribes sanguineum, known as California native flowering currant, has become a popular choice for gardeners wanting to add something fragrant to their partial shade garden. The dangling racemes of pink ...

It is unlikely that I will ever be invited to join the MCC due to my unremarkable cricketing prowess but every March and April I can enjoy the colours of their club tie – red and yellow – courtesy of ...