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Blossom
color: Dark yellow
Bloom time: June
Fruit:
Black. Good for attracting birds.
Size: 3-6' tall and wide
Shape: Upright, slightly arching canes.
Uses: Mixed border, shrub border, hedge,
in a naturalized setting or as an accent plant. Attracts birds.
Hardiness: Zones 2-6
Native: to North America
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This native currant has many common names including, Golden
Currant, Yellow Flower Currant, Buffalo Currant and Clove
Currant. It is widely used in ornamental and wildlife plantings.
Golden Currant can tolerate tough conditions once its established,
such as dry, sandy and rocky soils. In early spring, the canes
are covered in tubular golden-yellow flowers with dark-pink
central petals that have a clove-like fragrance. Hummingbirds
are very attracted to the flowers on this shrub. The flowers
are followed by round berries that turn black in late summer
and are relished by birds. The foliage is a bluish-green leaves
that have a small maple leaf-like shape. Easy to grow.
What you'll receive:
2-year, field-grown plants with 12 to 18-inch long stems and
shipped bareroot (no soil or pot)
and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about
our plants.
Shipping: 1-4 plants=$11.00; add $1.50 for
each additional plant over 4 plants. Shipped UPS Ground in
spring from early April through mid May.
[Catalog #FS61]
Does best in at least a half day of full sun in average garden
soil that is on the moist side. It can also tolerate partial
sun and wet soils. Space 2-feet apart. Has compact, upright
growth, which rarely needs pruning. If you do prune, do the
pruning in late winter or early spring to maintain the desired
shape and size.
What's a "bareroot" plant?
 "Bareroot"
is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A
bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not
actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what
a bareroot rose looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship
to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage
over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship
the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through
mid May.
Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions
with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out
of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water
so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak
for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting
instructions with photos are available on our planting
shrubs page.
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