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    Communities > Forums > Plant Identification
    Forum: Plant IdentificationReplies: 6, Views: 176
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    wannadanc
    Olympia, WA

    June 11, 2001 4:27 AM

    Post #6298

    This is for a gal pal, but I keep telling her what an awesome group this is ... so how about this shrub, located in southern Oregon ... hotter and dryer than here in "wettern" Washington...???

    Thank you!

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    wannadanc
    Olympia, WA

    June 11, 2001 4:31 AM

    Post #82173

    Duh - maybe my own brain cells are engaging - Ribes maybe - currant maybe?
    eltel
    Macclesfield, CHESHIRE (Zone 8a)

    June 11, 2001 9:20 AM

    Post #82198

    Sure looks like a red currant. Try rubbing the leaves they should have a distinctly sweet heavy aroma.

    El Tel

    darius

    darius
    So.App.Mtns.
    United States (Zone 5b)

    June 11, 2001 6:51 PM

    Post #82301

    Looks like a red currant to me... wish I had some... but illegal to import them into North Carolina. Thay make GREAT jelly!!!
    Tim
    Palmyra, VA (Zone 7a)

    June 11, 2001 7:39 PM

    Post #82306

    darius,

    Do you know why it is illegal to import it to NC? Invasive?
    Jerseyguy
    Princeton, NJ (Zone 6a)

    June 12, 2001 12:00 AM

    Post #82381

    It is host to white pine blister rust. Harmless to the currant but deadly if it spreads to white pines. For this reason gooseberries and currants (both in the same family,Ribes)are usually banned from states that have large stands of native white pine (Pinus strobus).
    wannadanc
    Olympia, WA

    June 14, 2001 12:09 PM

    Post #83055

    Thanks for confirmation!!!

    I forgot to check the "watch this thread" on my own posting, so it took a while to get back this far in the ID forum - LOL.

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