How to grow red flowering currant
Ribes sanguineum
When to plant red flowering currant
Plant this shrub while dormant, in fall or early spring. Extension guidance rates fall (early enough for roots to establish before the ground freezes) as the best time and spring, just before growth begins, as the next best.
Red Flowering Currant is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.
Growing conditions
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Spacing
- 60 to 144 in apart
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil pH
- 5 to 8
Common problems
- humidity intolerant
- currant borer
- white pine blister rust host
- rangy without pruning
Sources
- North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox (NC State Extension): Ribes sanguineum (Red Flowering Currant)
- Clemson Cooperative Extension, Home & Garden Information Center: Planting Shrubs Correctly (HGIC 1052)
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