Ribes indecorum

Identification

Genus: Ribes Species: indecorum Variety: None Cultivar: None
Common names: White flowering currant and White Chaparral Currant.
 

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Description

Ribes indecorum, or White chaparral currant is a deciduous shrub that grows to six feet or so. White flowering cuurant makes showy sprays of white under our oaks in Jan.-Mar. . Native to the south coast ranges, its northern range stops in the area of the Santa Margarita Nursery.(Not Rancho, Santa Margarita). It is native in the nursery. It likes sun to part shade. Commonly growing in the shade of large oaks, along seasonal creeks and on north and east slopes. Its flowers are fragrant. This Ribes is drought tolerant to the extreme. It is flowering now in a flower bed in which Fallugia died of drought. White flowering currant will tolerate garden conditions and is a bird and Hummingbird plant. Click here for more about California Currants and Gooseberries

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Characteristics


Ribes indecorum White flowering currant is great for a bird garden.
Ribes indecorum White flowering currant's foliage type is deciduous and has fragrance.
Ribes indecorum White flowering currant's flower color is white.
Ribes indecorum White flowering currant's fruit is edible.

Communities

Communities for Ribes indecorum White flowering currant:Chaparral and Coastal Sage Scrub.

Ranges for Ribes indecorum

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 77.00

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