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Golden Currant
( Ribes aureum )
Ribes aureum
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About Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
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Golden currant is a small to medium-sized deciduous shrub with golden spring blooms. The flowers and fruit of this fragrant and attractive shrub make the golden currant a valuable wildlife plant. Hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees are attracted to the golden yellow trumpet-shaped flowers. The fruit is an important food source for many bird species as well as small mammals like squirrels and chipmunks. The berries are also used in pies, preserves, and other dishes.
Golden currant is very easy to grow and spreads readily, making it a good choice for revegetation, hedging, and groundcover applications. It grows best in moist conditions and benefits from partial shade, irrigation, and mulching in drier areas. On the coast, it prefers full sun. Inland, it prefers part shade and does best when surrounded by mulch, and grows well under oaks and in mixed chaparral. Once established, golden currant needs no special care.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
3 - 10 ft tall
3 - 10 ft wide
Form
Fountain, Spreading, Upright
Growth Rate
Fast, Moderate
Dormancy
Winter Deciduous
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant, Slight
Flower Color
Cream, Red, Yellow
Flowering Season
Spring, Winter
Wildlife Supported
Bees and butterflies are attracted to the flowers. A variety of birds are attracted to the fruits and seeds.
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 83
likely
* )
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Western Tent Caterpillar
Malacosoma californica
Malacosoma californica
*
Hoary Comma
Polygonia gracilis
Polygonia gracilis
*
Milbert's Tortoiseshell
Aglais milberti
Aglais milberti
*
Satyr Comma
Polygonia satyrus
Polygonia satyrus
*
Green Comma
Polygonia faunus
Polygonia faunus
*
Tailed Copper
Lycaena arota
Lycaena arota
*
Oreas Comma
Polygonia oreas
Polygonia oreas
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Low, Moderate - High
Summer Irrigation
Max 2x / month once established
Nurseries
Carried by 46
Ease of Care
Very Easy
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 0 - 30° F
Soil Drainage
Medium, Slow
Soil Description
Tolerates a variety of soils. Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0
Common uses
Groundcovers, Deer Resistant, Hummingbird Gardens, Bird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Companion Plants
Use with other woodland plants such as Oaks (
Quercus species
), Ninebark (
Physocarpus capitatus
),
Mock Orange
(
Philadelphus lewisii
), Western
Spice Bush
(
Calycanthus occidentalis
),
Creek Dogwood
(
Cornus sericea
), Creeping
Snowberry
(
Symphoricarpos mollis
),
Common Snowberry
(
Symphoricarpos albus
),
Meadow Rue
(
Thalictrum fendleri
), Snowdrop Bush (
Styrax officinalis
),
Yellow Monkeyflower
(
Mimulus guttatus
),
Western Azalea
(
Rhododendron
occidentale), and Huckleberry (Vaccinum ovatum).
Maintenance
Remove unwanted suckers to contain spread
Propagation
?
Seeds, cuttiings, layering or division (suckers). For propagating by seed: 2.5-3 mos. stratification. Alternative treatments: moisten seeds with 0.2% KN03 and stratif y 2 wks.; or soak in 0.3% thiourea 40 mins., rinse under running water and sow (Stidham et al. 1980).
Natural Setting
Site Type
Found in a variety of settings and habitats most often slope bottoms, creek sides, bottoms of slopes adjacent to wetland-riparian. Also found in drier settings such as sagebrush scrub, woodlands (oak, juniper, pine), or at higher elevations in fir or pine forest
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.8" - 51.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.18" - 2.63", Coldest Month: 24.5" - 55.6", Hottest Month: 46.6" - 81.0", Humidity: 0.58" - 28.86", Elevation: 24" - 10095"
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Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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