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Currant plants

A lot more to currant plants than meets the eye with black, red, pink and white varieties available for sale. Not widely grown in American gardens, currants are deciduous bushy plant that reach around 6 feet in height.

With flowers and fruit that attract bees and birds lots of varieties are available with perhaps Ben Sarek and Ben Lomand being two of the best known types.

Very high in vitamin C, currents can be eaten fresh but are usually used for making jams and jellies. And of course they are dried and are then called raisins.

Care

Best grown in full sun to part shade, currants perform well from zones 3 - 8.

They do prefer the cooler climates.

These are long lived plants, they may take a year or two to produce fruit, however after that they require very little care.

Older plants can be cut back hard to reinvigorate the bush.

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Varieties

Black Currants

Currant plants are available for sale from the following growers

STARK BRO'S NURSERIES& ORCHARDS CO. - phone: 1-800-325-4180 fax: 573-754-8880
PO Box 1800 Louisiana MO 63353
Full line of fruit including Blueberry.