Honey bees
Nectar value
High
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Redcurrant, Whitecurrant
Ribes rubrum
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
Agroforestry database
Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 1.20 m high × 1.20 m wide
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit
- Functions
- Cosmetic, Dye
- Edibility
- 4 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 1 out of 5
Fruit - either raw or cooked. It has a pleasant sour taste and can be eaten fresh, but is usually used for making pies, jam, and so on. Each piece of fruit contains a lot of seeds.