Fuchsia-flowered Gooseberry
Ribes speciosum
Spiny, arching branches hung with rows of scarlet fuchsia-like flowers in winter and early spring, a hummingbird lifeline. Summer-deciduous in drought.
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–8 ft
- Spacing
- 4–8 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- January, February, March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- red
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~99 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- CA
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