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Gwen's Buffalo currant
Ribes aureum 'Gwen's Buffalo'
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.0 ft. to 6.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 6.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains, Riparian, Wet Meadow
- Season of Bloom
- May, June
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Edible Fruit, Fall Color, Fragrant, Screening, Showy Flowers, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Clay, Sandy, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No City Data
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This plant is a native selection from Washington state. It was selected for the profusion of flowers that it produces every year.
Plants in the genus Ribes are important larval and adult food hosts for many of our native invertebrates.
Fall foliage is orange to red.