Currant ID please

[Adam Cheeseman]

This has bright yellow showy flowers. Anyone know what currant this is?




Cheers,

Adam

[Dorts]

It's not one I recognise with that very long style.
It looks like a fruiting variety of Blackcurrant rather than one grown for its flowers. If Gooseberries are anything to go by, there could be dozens of old varieties still lurking in the undergrowth.
Dorts.

[aeshna5]

Buffalo Currant, Ribes odoratum have showy yellow flowers, but I don't recall seeing the fruits on them.

[Adam Cheeseman]

Thanks Dorts and Aeshna. Just Googled Buffalo Currant and that's the one. They do produce fruit by the way.

Cheers,

Adam

[Dorts]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Thanks Dorts and Aeshna. Just Googled Buffalo Currant and that's the one. They do produce fruit by the way.
Cheers,
Adam

Thank aeshna5.
(Just googled it also.) So it is a 'flowering Currant', can't say I've come across it, is it 'garden worthy' as they say?. Be interesting to hear if anyone else has it in their garden.
Dorts.

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Dorts

Thank aeshna5.
(Just googled it also.) So it is a 'flowering Currant', can't say I've come across it, is it 'garden worthy' as they say?. Be interesting to hear if anyone else has it in their garden.
Dorts.

The London Wetland Centre planted quite a few bushes in their North America exhibit area, hence my familiarity with it; also subsequently seen it at Kew, but doesn't seem to be a regular garden plant. I thought it was attractive in flower.

[Tiggrx]

I see it occasionally in London gardens where it often makes a fine display when in flower. I don't personally remember ever having seen a fruit but have occasionally seen self-sown seedlings.

[Dorts]

I see there are a few scattered records for Ribes odoratum, mainly in the Greater London area.

BSBI Maps Scheme: Hectad Map Buffalo Currant

Dorts.

[Brocakat]

R.oderatum syns. R.aureum & R. tenuiflorum has 'insignificant' (ie for human consumption) black fruit.
The flowers have the scent of cloves.