Gummy Gooseberry
Ribes lobbii
Gummy gooseberry, with pendant flowers that look like small fuchsias — reflexed red sepals over a white tube — hanging along thorny arching stems. The berries are bristly and sticky, hence the name. A hummingbird plant for light woodland shade.
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, red, pink
- Wildlife value
- hummingbirds, songbirds, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~99 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, naturalizing
- Native states
- CA, OR, WA
Related native plants
More Ribes species
- Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum)
- Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)
- Wax Currant (Ribes cereum)
- Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry (Ribes speciosum)
- Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum)
- Pasture Gooseberry (Ribes cynosbati)