Oak Summit Nursery
Wild American Black Currant Seeds
Wild American Black Currant Seeds
Pack contains: 30+ seeds
Wild American Black Currant (Ribes americanum) is a native berry shrub with fruit that ripens around Oak Summit Nursery in early August. Its flavour is distinct from cultivated black currants, and the berries also feed birds and small mammals.
This seed was collected locally in Manitoba. The shrubs have lobed leaves and yellow green spring flowers and often grow near wetlands, streams, and woodland edges.
Cold Hardiness Zone: 2
Seed Source: Manitoba
Stratification Required: 2 to 3 months cold
Mature Size: 4 to 5 ft
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Growing details
- Flavour
- Musky berriesCloser to clove currant
- Leaf shape
- Three to five lobesGlands on the underside
- Mature height
- 4 to 5 ftA deciduous shrub
- Natural habitat
- Moist woodlandAlso along streams
Ripening
Early August here
Berries ripen unevenly on the shrub
More about this plant
A native currant
American black currant occurs across much of North America east of the Rocky Mountains, including Manitoba. It grows on clay, sand and rocky ground in naturally moist places. Around our nursery it ripens later than European black currants, with berries ready at different times on the same shrub.
White pine blister rust
American black currant can host white pine blister rust, a disease that also affects white pines.
Range & hardinessZone 2 · Canadian maps for this plant
Green: provinces with native records
AB · MB · NB · NS · ON · PE · QC · SK
Zone 2 and warmer
Province records show native distribution, not every place the species grows. The hardiness map shows minimum winter hardiness; soil, moisture and summer warmth also matter.
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