Common Caragana vs Northern Black Currant - TreeTime.ca

Common Caragana vs Northern Black Currant

Caragana arborescens

Ribes hudsonianum

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Common Caragana
Northern Black Currant

Common Caragana is a fast growing shrub that's known for its exceptional hardiness and drought tolerance. Although it's most commonly planted in shelterbelts, Common Caragana is also an excellent hedge or feature shrub.

Note: in warmer areas, this species can be difficult to contain once planted. Use the right plant in the right place.

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.

Common Caragana Quick Facts

Northern Black Currant Quick Facts

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Zone: 1b
Zone: 3a
Height: 4 m (13 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: partial shade, full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Growth form: upright to prostrate, thicket-forming
Spreading: seeds - low, layering - low
Suckering: none
Maintenance: medium
Maintenance: medium


Flowers: yellow, in spring
Flowers: small white, in clusters
Bloom time: spring to early summer
Fruit: pod like fruits
Berries: black, edible
Flavor: bitter
Harvest: mid to late summer
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no

In row spacing: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)

Between row spacing: 5 m (16 ft)
Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, YT, NT
Other Names: black karagana, caragana, pea tree, siberian pea shrub, yellow acacia
Other Names: hudson bay currant, stinking currant, western black currant, wild black currant