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 ...

This week, Central New York gardening writer Carol T. Bradford responds to a reader question. Dear Carol: I have a question about jostaberries. I've two bushes that are up pretty good. Nice and green ...

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 ...

Our native shrub the red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum) has a host of cultivars that produce different-colored flowers. This includes 'White Icicle,' which has pendant clusters of white flowers ...

Flowering currant and California gooseberry are California native shrubs in the genus Ribes. Ribes sanguineum glutinosum and Ribes californicum, respectively, are deciduous in the winter with full ...

Shrubs add variety to landscapes, food gardens and ornamental gardens. Why do we cling to rigid rules when it comes to deciding what goes where in the garden? We often assume that fruiting and ...

Question: I have a few gooseberry and currant plants in my garden. I was just told they were illegal. Is this true? Answer: To protect our native white pines from the spread of white pine blister rust ...