The golden currant is a Missouri native shrub that is quite wonderful in early springtime. It literally bursts forth with a profusion of yellow fragrant blossoms. I took this photo in mid-March. By ...

Most gardeners are familiar with the spicy-scented, hummingbird-attracting native flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum). It blooms in late winter when not much else is flowering in our gardens; ...

Oh-ah bogombi (Shoshone) or Ribes aureum (Latin). Sacagawea dried the golden currants for her baby to help him teethe. The currants are rich in vitamin C and protect against a condition known as ...