Ribes aureum

Golden Currant

Golden Currant is a deciduous shrub with light-green, three-lobed leaves and spicy-scented racemes of yellow flowers, on long, wand-like stems, which turn orange with age. Golden Currant berries are either yellow, red or black when ripe.

	Foliage and flowers fragrant
	Good for erosion control
	Food and cover for wildlife

More about Ribes aureum :

A native of the West, Golden Currant has been planted eastward in the United States and has escaped from cultivation and naturalized in many places.

Golden Currant Growing and Maintenance Tips:

Produced using Forrest Keeling's patented RPM Root Production Method ® technology for exceptional growth and survivability.

Height:

6-9 Feet

Spread:

8-12 Feet

Hardiness Zone:

2 - 9

Characteristics & Attributes

Exposure

•	Full Sun
•	Partial Shade

Soil Moisture Preference

•	Moist, Well-Drained

Attracts Wildlife

•	Butterflies
•	Hummingbirds

Critter Resistance

•	Deer Resistant

Season of Interest (Flowering)

•

Spring

Habit

•

Deciduous

Attributes

•	Wetlands and Streambank Stabilization
•	Erosion Control
•	Mass Planting
•	Midwest Native
•	Naturalizing