Description

Ribes sanguineum glutinosum ‘Spring Showers’ is a graceful, deciduous shrub prized for its long, drooping clusters of bright pink flowers and attractive, fragrant foliage. A selection of the California native coastal flowering currant, this garden favorite produces an abundance of showy, pendulous racemes of soft, light pink, tubular flowers that hang like delicate showers from the branches in early to mid-spring . The flowers are highly attractive to hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators. The aromatic, lobed, dark green leaves have a fuzzy texture and serrated margins, turning attractive shades of yellow to red in autumn before falling. The flowers are followed by small, black-blue berries with a waxy bloom in summer, which provide food for birds. With its upright, vase-shaped habit and excellent drought tolerance once established, it is a superb choice for wildlife gardens, native plantings, mixed borders, informal hedges, and foundation plantings.