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Wax Currant
Wax Currant
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Wax Currant (Ribes cereum) is a western North American native with small bright red to orange berries that have mildly sweet, slightly waxy flavour and feed birds and other wildlife.
Pink to white tubular flowers attract bees and hummingbirds. Adapted to dry rocky slopes and open woodland, Wax Currant is drought tolerant. Oak Summit Nursery started these plants from seed to evaluate them in our climate.
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Growing details
- Hardiness
- Zone 3
- Mature size
- 3 to 6 ft tall
- Fruit
- Small bright red to orange berriesMildly sweet and slightly waxy. Food for birds and other wildlife
- Flowers
- Pink to white tubular flowers in springThey attract bees and hummingbirds
- Source
- Grown from seed from the United StatesWe are growing these to evaluate them
- Site and soil
- Suited to dry, open, rocky groundDrought tolerant
More about this plant
A western native
Wax currant, Ribes cereum, is native to western North America, where it grows on dry rocky slopes and in open woodland.
Good for : For birds and pollinators, Tough sites
Cold hardinessZone 3 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 3 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada