Elk River Red Flowering Currant               ri-BEEZ san-gwin-EE-um

• Broadleaf deciduous multistemmed shrub, 8-10 × 7 ft (2.4-3 ×2 m), upright-arching to rounded habit.  Leaves alternate, simple.  Reddish pink flowers in drooping clusters.  Fruit blue-black with whitish bloom.
• Sun, for best flower production, but can be grown in part shade.  Drought tolerant when established.  Blooms before ‘King Edward VII’
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6     Reportedly collected in about 1970 close to the Elk River near Port Orford, Oregon.