Firecracker Goji Berry vs Northern Black Currant - TreeTime.ca

Firecracker Goji Berry vs Northern Black Currant

Lycium barbarum Firecracker

Ribes hudsonianum

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Firecracker Goji Berry
Northern Black Currant

The Firecracker Goji Berry is a thornless cultivar of the Goji Berry that is known for its sweet red berries. This deciduous perennial produces purple flowers from June through September, with fruit maturation taking place between August and October. Fruit production typically starts in the second year of growth with maximum production in the fourth and fifth year.

Firecracker Goji Berry berries are delicious, nutrient rich, high in antioxidants, and are often called a super fruit. Many describe the Firecracker as sweeter than other cultivars.

Northern Black Currant is a native deciduous shrub found across Canada and the northern United States. Dark purple to black berries that ripen in summer and provide food for wildlife and humans. Fragrant yellow-green flowers that attract a wide variety of pollinators.
This shrub is well adapted to moist soils and can even survive periods of flooding. It has an interesting bronze colour in fall.

Firecracker Goji Berry Quick Facts

Northern Black Currant Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 3a
Height: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Growth form: upright to prostrate, thicket-forming
Spreading: seeds - low, layering - low
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


Foliage: evergreen
Flowers: purple
Flowers: small white, in clusters
Bloom time: spring to early summer
Fruit: edible
Berries: red
Berries: black, edible
Flavor: sweet
Flavor: bitter
Harvest: June - September
Harvest: mid to late summer
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, YT, NT
Other Names: goji berry firecracker
Other Names: hudson bay currant, stinking currant, western black currant, wild black currant