Golden Currant
Ribes aureum
50 seeds
Ribes aureum is a small- to medium-sized deciduous shrub 6-8 ft. tall. Leaves are green, with 3 or 5 lobes, turning red in autumn. The plant blooms in spring with racemes of conspicuous golden yellow flowers, often with a pronounced, spicy fragrance similar to that of cloves. Flowers may also be shades of cream to reddish, and are borne in clusters of up to 15. The shrub produces berries about 0.4 inch in diameter from an early age. Ripe fruits, amber yellow to red, are edible raw, but very tart, and are usually cooked with sugar. The flowers are also edible.
Golden Currant seeds are best sown in a cold frame in autumn. The seeds have a hard seed coat and scarification with sulfuric acid for 20-30 minutes followed by 2-3 months of cold stratification will help the embryo to develop. Place the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. If sufficient growth is made by the summer, it is possible to plant them out, otherwise grow them in a cold frame for the first winter and plant the following spring after the last projected frost.
Ribes aureum
50 seeds
Ribes aureum is a small- to medium-sized deciduous shrub 6-8 ft. tall. Leaves are green, with 3 or 5 lobes, turning red in autumn. The plant blooms in spring with racemes of conspicuous golden yellow flowers, often with a pronounced, spicy fragrance similar to that of cloves. Flowers may also be shades of cream to reddish, and are borne in clusters of up to 15. The shrub produces berries about 0.4 inch in diameter from an early age. Ripe fruits, amber yellow to red, are edible raw, but very tart, and are usually cooked with sugar. The flowers are also edible.
Golden Currant seeds are best sown in a cold frame in autumn. The seeds have a hard seed coat and scarification with sulfuric acid for 20-30 minutes followed by 2-3 months of cold stratification will help the embryo to develop. Place the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. If sufficient growth is made by the summer, it is possible to plant them out, otherwise grow them in a cold frame for the first winter and plant the following spring after the last projected frost.
Ribes aureum
50 seeds
Ribes aureum is a small- to medium-sized deciduous shrub 6-8 ft. tall. Leaves are green, with 3 or 5 lobes, turning red in autumn. The plant blooms in spring with racemes of conspicuous golden yellow flowers, often with a pronounced, spicy fragrance similar to that of cloves. Flowers may also be shades of cream to reddish, and are borne in clusters of up to 15. The shrub produces berries about 0.4 inch in diameter from an early age. Ripe fruits, amber yellow to red, are edible raw, but very tart, and are usually cooked with sugar. The flowers are also edible.
Golden Currant seeds are best sown in a cold frame in autumn. The seeds have a hard seed coat and scarification with sulfuric acid for 20-30 minutes followed by 2-3 months of cold stratification will help the embryo to develop. Place the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle. If sufficient growth is made by the summer, it is possible to plant them out, otherwise grow them in a cold frame for the first winter and plant the following spring after the last projected frost.