Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shiny red currants hang from a branch. - Aerolife/Shutterstock While currants have long been a classic for in-ground gardening, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This undated photo shows a red currant espalier in New Paltz, N.Y. Red currant plants are especially easy to train and prune as ...

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) ...

Few homeowners are acquainted with the Ribes (RYE-bees) family of plants; gooseberries, currants and jostaberries. There are over 150 ribes species in the world, including gooseberries and clove or ...

What: The native flowering currant, or ribes sanguineum, welcomes spring with a showy array of rosy-pink buds softening to a rich, clear pink. The early spring flowers have a spicy fragrance and are a ...

Bright yellow flowers dangle like trumpets from the branches of clove currants. Instead of a resounding blare, though, these trumpets give off a heavenly, clove-like aroma. Don’t confuse clove currant ...

Q: We live in Kensington and have had gooseberry and currant plants in the ground for three years. We have had less than three to five berries per plant. Both plants were in full sun. The gooseberry ...

Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants so their branches lie in an orderly and ornamental two-dimensional form. The beauty comes from the tracery of the branches. Espalier is a way to create ...

A red currant espalier in New Paltz, N.Y. Red currant plants are especially easy to train and prune as decorative (and edible) espaliers. (Lee Reich) Espalier is a way of training and pruning plants ...