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© Ernie Marx
wax currant
Ribes cereum
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 4.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Fragrant, Long Blooming, Small Spaces, Showy Flowers, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Limited Availability
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Plants in the genus Ribes are important larval and adult food hosts for many of our native invertebrates.
Fruit is bright red to orange-red.