Are currant flowers edible?

The flowers are edible and tastier, with a much different flavour to what you thought. Its smell can also grow on you… The Flowering currant – Ribes sanguineum has been a plant that I have looked at and admired for its colourful beauty but never wanted to eat it due to the smell.

Can you eat Ribes?

The fruit is a dark purple oval berry about 1 cm (0.5 in) long, edible but with an insipid taste. The Latin specific epithet sanguineum means “blood-red”.

Can you eat Ribes berries?

Other Ribes are worth growing, but are not commonly found in garden centres. Later in the year Flowering Currant has strings of berries, rather like its Redcurrant and Blackcurrant relatives. These are edible but not enjoyable.

How do you identify a red flowering currant?

Flower color varies from white or pale pink to rose pink or deep red. Fruits are blue-black with glandular hairs and a waxy bloom. Stems are reddish-brown, erect and unarmed; the young growth finely hairy. Flower color variations.

What’s the name of the red flowering currant?

Red Flowering Currant is a native shrub of the PNW, in the same genus (Ribes) as other edible currants (blackcurrant, redcurrant, white currant) and sanguineum means “blood-red”. Last year I infused the blossoms (and a few berries) in vodka and honey and the result was a divine appropriately crimson elixir which I sent out in Gather Goody Boxes.

What kind of birds eat red flowering currant?

Both hummingbirds and butterflies are attracted to the bloom. In the fall flowers give rise to blue-black fruit with whitish bloom. Songbirds readily consume the berries. Adaptation: Flowering currant does best on the west side of the Cascades. It does best in rocky, well drained soil in sunny locations.

When do red currant bushes start to produce fruit?

A normal sized red currant bush can produce 3 to 4 kilos of berries in the summer season. The red currant flowers appear at the time of early spring. These flowers are grown and spurs on the older stems.

What can you do with wild red currant berries?

The wild red currant is atasty kind of fruit that grows wildly. It can be used to prepre a whole lot of recipes. It can be used in place of any recipe that is good for the cultivated berries. You can prepare salads or puddings using the wild red currant berries.