Golden currant is a small, drought tolerant shrub native to western North America; it has too teach naturalized across almost of the U.S., excluding the Southeastern States. Its loosely-branching, woody stems behave lobular, maple-like leaves; inward early-mid boundary (depending on peak too latitude), clusters of fragrant, tubular yellowish flowers appear, attracting hummingbirds, orioles too a multifariousness of pollinating insects (including monarch butterflies).
On our Littleton farm, nosotros bring several patches of golden current; favoring partial shade, they mingle alongside chokecherry, lilacs too other shrubs inward our woodland borders. Blooming over the past times week, the flowers volition yield modest blue-black berries past times early-mid summer, consumed past times a host of songbirds too modest mammals; humans too savour currant berries, using them to brand jams too jellies.
Like almost plants on our farm, these natives ask no irrigation or maintenance. Better yet, they to a greater extent than than compensate for the infinite they occupy, offering beauty too attracting many wild visitors. Over time, those visitors volition provide the favor, spreading the plant's seeds to other areas of the property.
On our Littleton farm, nosotros bring several patches of golden current; favoring partial shade, they mingle alongside chokecherry, lilacs too other shrubs inward our woodland borders. Blooming over the past times week, the flowers volition yield modest blue-black berries past times early-mid summer, consumed past times a host of songbirds too modest mammals; humans too savour currant berries, using them to brand jams too jellies.
Like almost plants on our farm, these natives ask no irrigation or maintenance. Better yet, they to a greater extent than than compensate for the infinite they occupy, offering beauty too attracting many wild visitors. Over time, those visitors volition provide the favor, spreading the plant's seeds to other areas of the property.
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