Missouri Gooseberry (Ribes missouriense)

Estimated Height at Pickup: 2-3’, 1 gal
A low growing native shrub with edible berries and lovely fall foliage! Prefers part shade in hotter climates, but fruits best when in full sun and irrigated regularly (overhead watering not recommended). Prefers average, well drained soils. Old stems are densely thorny.

Pollination: 2+ individuals recommended. 

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade

Soil Moisture: Mesic, Dry Mesic

Soil Type: Loamy, Rocky

Height: 2’-4’

Width: 2’-4’

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: Apr-May

Fruit: Green berries mature to red/purple in the summer.

Fall Color: Red/Brown

Root Type: Branching

Notable Wildlife Interactions: Flowers attract mostly bees, and occasionally flies, moths, and butterflies. Hosts the green comma and grey comma butterflies, as well as a few moths, plant bugs, leaf beetles, leafhoppers, and smaller insects. Berries are eaten by birds such as thrushes, robins, bluebirds, towhee, bobwhite, and waxwings, as well as mammals like black bear, raccoons, and mice. New growth is occasionally browsed by deer.