Ribes – Currants

Ribes is a large genus of deciduous or evergreen shrubs grown for their currants and gooseberries or their ornamental interest. The species grown for their edible fruits are the European gooseberry (R. uva-crispa), American gooseberry (R. hirtellum), black currant (R. nigrum), buffalo currant (R. odoratum), and common, or garden or red, currant (R. rubrum). The species of ornamental value include the alpine currant (R. alpinum); buffalo currant; fuchsia-flowered gooseberry (R. speciosum); golden, or clove, currant (R. aureum), bearing spicy-fragrant yellow flowers.