Wax Currant
Ribes cereum
zones 2-5
50 seeds
Wax Currant is many-branched and grows to six feet tall on dry sites. Stems are gray and woody without spines or prickles. Flowers are numerous and white, pink, or light yellow. Leaves are small, rough (from numerous short, stiff hairs), shallowly lobed, and have a pleasant spicy aroma. The quality of the fruits range from insipid to mildly flavorful. The berries can also be used to make pemmican, jellies, jams, sauces, and pies but are best when mixed with a more flavorful fruit.
Plant seeds in prepared growing area in the autumn. Stored seeds require 4-5 months of cold stratification (at temperatures near freezing) after which they can be planted in the spring. Under normal storage conditions the seed can remain viable for seventeen years or more. Embryo dormancy is the primary dormancy mechanism in wax currant and is overcome by stratification.
Ribes cereum
zones 2-5
50 seeds
Wax Currant is many-branched and grows to six feet tall on dry sites. Stems are gray and woody without spines or prickles. Flowers are numerous and white, pink, or light yellow. Leaves are small, rough (from numerous short, stiff hairs), shallowly lobed, and have a pleasant spicy aroma. The quality of the fruits range from insipid to mildly flavorful. The berries can also be used to make pemmican, jellies, jams, sauces, and pies but are best when mixed with a more flavorful fruit.
Plant seeds in prepared growing area in the autumn. Stored seeds require 4-5 months of cold stratification (at temperatures near freezing) after which they can be planted in the spring. Under normal storage conditions the seed can remain viable for seventeen years or more. Embryo dormancy is the primary dormancy mechanism in wax currant and is overcome by stratification.
Ribes cereum
zones 2-5
50 seeds
Wax Currant is many-branched and grows to six feet tall on dry sites. Stems are gray and woody without spines or prickles. Flowers are numerous and white, pink, or light yellow. Leaves are small, rough (from numerous short, stiff hairs), shallowly lobed, and have a pleasant spicy aroma. The quality of the fruits range from insipid to mildly flavorful. The berries can also be used to make pemmican, jellies, jams, sauces, and pies but are best when mixed with a more flavorful fruit.
Plant seeds in prepared growing area in the autumn. Stored seeds require 4-5 months of cold stratification (at temperatures near freezing) after which they can be planted in the spring. Under normal storage conditions the seed can remain viable for seventeen years or more. Embryo dormancy is the primary dormancy mechanism in wax currant and is overcome by stratification.