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) ...

One of our earliest spring flowers, this shrub isn’t easily overlooked. Gently drooping clusters of dark pink, tubular flowers that erupt just ahead of the wide-oval, bluntly-notched leaves are the ...

CORVALLIS – If you don't have much space to plant shrubs, you'll want to keep an eye out for Oregon Snowflake, a new flowering currant developed by Oregon State University that is smaller than other ...

Late winter in the Bay Area offers a surprising variety of choices to the ambitious gardener, and one of the most attractive shrubs readily available has the added virtue of being a California native.

It is unlikely that I will ever be invited to join the MCC due to my unremarkable cricketing prowess but every March and April I can enjoy the colours of their club tie – red and yellow – courtesy of ...

Ribes sanguineum, known as California native flowering currant, has become a popular choice for gardeners wanting to add something fragrant to their partial shade garden. The dangling racemes of pink ...

Oregon State University has developed a flowering currant called Oregon Snowflake, a low-growing shrub that is smaller than other currants. (Ryan Contreras) If you don't have much space to plant ...

This shade-loving ground cover is a far rarer sight in gardens compared to hostas and begonias, so if you want something new ...

Rhubarb and custard - that's what those two old favourites flowering currant and forsythia always remind me of. Some people are snify about these two popular flowering shrubs, but they both have the ...