Grow a beautiful and productive native fruit shrub with this Golden Currant rooted starter plant, Ribes aureum. Known for its fragrant golden-yellow spring flowers and colorful edible berries, this hardy currant is both ornamental and highly useful in edible landscapes, wildlife gardens, and backyard orchards. The sweet aromatic blooms attract hummingbirds, butterflies, and pollinators, while the berries mature through shades of yellow, orange, red, and black depending on ripeness. Fruits are excellent for fresh eating, jams, jellies, juice, syrups, baking, and preserves. Naturally hardy and self-pollinating, Golden Currant is easy to grow and adaptable across a wide range of climates.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 rooted Golden Currant starter plant
✔️ Healthy live edible berry shrub
✔️ Self-pollinating Ribes aureum variety
✔️ Naturally grown pesticide-free plant
✔️ Secure packaging for safe shipping

Growing Information

• Common Name: Golden Currant
• Botanical Name: Ribes aureum
• Plant Type: Fruiting deciduous shrub
• Growth Stage: Rooted starter plant
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining adaptable garden soil
• Watering: Moderate during establishment
• Mature Height: Approximately 5–7 feet
• Growth Habit: Upright bushy shrub
• Bloom Color: Fragrant golden-yellow flowers
• Fruit Color: Yellow-orange to red or black when ripe
• Fruit Flavor: Sweet edible berries
• Harvest Season: Summer
• Pollination: Self-pollinating
• Special Features: Pollinator friendly, fragrant flowers, wildlife attractive, fall color
• USDA Zones: 3–8
• Wildlife Value: Attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and birds

Care Tip

Plant in a sunny location for best flowering and fruit production. Occasional pruning of older stems encourages healthier growth and improves airflow throughout the shrub.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.