Some plants thrive if given a good pruning in the late fall, right before they enter dormancy. This colorful, edible shrub is ...

The golden currant is a Missouri native shrub that is quite wonderful in early springtime. It literally bursts forth with a profusion of yellow fragrant blossoms. I took this photo in mid-March. By ...

The plant in the upper half of the photo is a red-flowering currant, in the lower part is a hellebore in bloom. Together, they make a striking spring show in the Northwest landscape. (Marci Degman) ...

SPRING-flowering shrubs are appearing in the garden, swollen buds bursting into flower and fresh leaves covering stem and branch. Among them is the flowering currant, Ribes sanguineum, which ...