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© Ernie Marx
golden currant
Ribes aureum var. aureum
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 ft. to 6.0 ft.
Spread: 4.0 ft. to 5.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Riparian Birds, Shrubland Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains, Riparian, Wet Meadow
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Suckers
- Design Considerations
- Fall Color, Fragrant, Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
3, 4, 5 - Soil Type
- Sandy, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes three varieties of R. aureum, all native to the U.S. Varieties aureum and villosum are native to Colorado and most of the U.S. Variety villosum is found primarily in the central and eastern states, while aureum is found mostly in the western half of the U.S. Variety gracillimum is native to only California.
Plants in the genus Ribes are important larval and adult food hosts for many of our native invertebrates.
Fall color is orange-red.