Botanical Name: Ribes speciosum
Common Name: Fuchsia-flowering gooseberry
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character partially deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a fairly low mounding plant, with rather stiff slender branches arching outwards to develop an open fountain-like shape; older stems with prickly spines at the nodes
Height 2' - 4' (6')
Spread equal or more
Growth Rate slow-moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors partial sun to shaded habitats preferred; avoid full sun at inland locations
Soil tolerates most, including clay
Hardiness hardy (zones 14-24): prefers mild shaded habitats
 
Morphology:
Leaves palmate, alternate, round, slightly 3-lobed, 3/4" - 1" wide; dark green and shiny above, paler beneath
Flowers deep red, bell-shaped, 1/2"-1" long, in drooping clusters that hang below the branches; ovary becomes slightly bristly; January - May
Fruit a deep red berry; edible
 
Propagation:
seed or hardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an attractive loose filler or low screening material, valued for its heavy display of red flowers; good for shaded garden areas
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak; periodic summer watering prolongs the foliage display
Fertilizing little needed after establishment
Pruning selective heading back (after blooming period) promotes new flowering wood
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other attracts hummingbirds
 
Origin: Central Coast of California
Family: Saxifragaceae

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