General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4- 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Red
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Other Beneficial Insects
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Canyon Gooseberry
  • Chaparral Currant

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Date: c. 1847
illustration by Miss Drake from 'Edwards's Botanical Register', 1
Location: Belsay Hall gardens, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2012-03-31
Location: Belsay Hall, Northumberland UK
Date: 2012-03-31

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