Golden Currant vs Pygmy Caragana - TreeTime.ca

Golden Currant vs Pygmy Caragana

Caragana pygmaea

Ribes aureum

ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW

NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON

Pygmy Caragana
Golden Currant

Pygmy Caragana is a shrub that is related to Common Caragana and has a compact size that is suitable for yards with limited space. Its size is perfect for landscaping and decorative hedges, and requires little maintenance. This nitrogen fixer has fine-textured foliage and small yellow flowers. Much like Common Caragana, it is hardy and drought tolerant.

Popular as a low maintenance commercial landscaping shrub and for hedging. This species does have tiny spines that might poke you a bit. It has a nice appealing texture when mature.

Note: This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using Pygmy Caragana seeds at SeedTime.ca.

Golden Currant produces berries for jams, jellies, sauces and even pemmican. This currant bush is very dense, allowing for use as a hedge, windbreak, or wildlife habitat.

This plant is also a very popular rootstock to graft popular red and white currant varieties to. The resulting plants are taller, more productive, and easier to harvest.

Pygmy Caragana Quick Facts

Golden Currant Quick Facts

Zone: 2b
Zone: 4a
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal
Light: full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: reddish purple
Berries: glossy black berries
Flowers: prolific tiny yellow pea-like flowers
Flowers: yellow
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: none
Suckering: medium




Other Names: pygmy peashrub
Other Names: buffalo currant, clove currant, fragrant golden currant, golden flowering currant, spicebush