Redcurrant
Ribes rubrum
- Size
- 1.4 m tall, 1.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- April to May
- Border planting
- Shade
- Food and shelter for wildlife
- Edible fruit
- Takes shade
Safety
Nothing on our safety list for this plant.
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Fruit and herbs
- Family
- Grossulariaceae
- Size when mature
- 1.4 m tall, 1.2 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun, shade
- Moisture
- Medium, moist
- Soil
- loam, clay, sand
- Soil pH
- 6 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -30 degrees
- Flowers
- April to May
- For pollinators
- Good
- Water
- Medium water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Steady
- In Europe
- Native
- Spreading risk
- None known
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
- Worth knowing
- Edible · Drops fruit, which makes a mess over paving
Design a garden with this plant
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Lists it is on
- Plants for shade30 plantsWhat grows on the north side of a house, under a tree and against a wall the sun reaches for an hour.
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Plants safe with children and pets39 plantsNothing toxic and nothing thorny: the list a garden with a toddler or a dog starts from.
