Native Plants

Blood Currant

Ribes sanguineum
Location

May not be native

Use Location
Type
Shrubs
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nectar

Also known as Redflower Currant or Pink-flowering Currant, this deciduous, perennial shrub grows 4 to 10 feet tall with many erect stems. It produces showy, pink to dark red flower clusters from January to March, followed by bluish-black fruits. Blood Currant is highly attractive to hummingbirds, and very drought tolerant, withstanding moist to drier, well-drained soils, and full sun to partial shade.

May Attract

Blood Currant is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Hummingbirds
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Nuthatches
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Thrushes
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers
Family
Wrens

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