Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
A compact, aromatic currant of dry mountain slopes with tubular pinkish-white flowers for hummingbirds and translucent red berries for birds. Thrives on hot, rocky exposures.
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~99 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
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- Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum)
- Pasture Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)
- White Chaparral Currant (Ribes indecorum)