Currant bush for ID

[davidbr]

This currant bush was one I found (almost certainly as a garden escape/relic) in woodland alongside the Mells Stream at Great Elm, Somerset, on May 2nd. As you can see it's still in full flower, whereas all the native Red Currant & Gooseberry bushes that are fairly common in the area had all finished.



Any help would be greatly appreciated

[KeenTeen17]

I think its red currant because of the flat saucer shaped flowers whereas Downy Currant has cup shaped flowers The flowers are all wrong for Black Currant or Flowering Currant

[Hedera]

It could be a white currant!

[davidbr]

Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

I think its red currant because of the flat saucer shaped flowers whereas Downy Currant has cup shaped flowers The flowers are all wrong for Black Currant or Flowering Currant

To me, though, the leaves just don't look right for Red Currant (Ribes rubrum); wild R. rubrum is quite common in the area where I found this plant, and all of them had finished flowering by at least a couple of weeks.

My first thought when I found it was actually of some kind of garden hybrid between Red Currant & Black Currant (R. nigrum), but as far as I can tell no such thing exists

[KeenTeen17]

Originally Posted by Hedera

It could be a white currant!

White currant could be a possibility then

[Tiggrx]

White Currants are just white-fruited varieties of Red Currants.