golden currant
Ribes aureum
MBG Plant of Merit 2013
USDA zones4 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 7 feet tall2 to 6 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow-orange
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Golden currant (Ribes aureum) is a shrub for borders, hedges, and woodland or meadow plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist soil of most types. Spicy-scented yellow flowers turn orange with age and feed hummingbirds, butterflies, and bees. Birds eat the fruit. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Fragrant sumac, Switchgrass, and Blue star.
Native range
North America.