The ones in front are Jungle Jane beds https://www.junglejanes.online/product-page/4-x4-raised-garden-bed (I get the Vigo ads too though) – the rear ones (hexagons) are serenity decor… Sunnydaze Galvanized Steel Raised Garden Bed Kit
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Crandall and Golden currant have yellow flowers
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I’ve been around those blooms all my life and they still catch me by surprise in the spring when i smell that wonderful clove like smell.
I have Crandall currants. I can’t imagine who said they are hard to root. Mine sucker like mad, and I’ve dug up some of the suckers and given them to friends. I’ve never actually tried rooting a branch, but they are dead easy to clone and propagate.
I don’t love the fruit. It’s dry. The flavor is… fruity. But not delicious to me. The best thing i ever did with them was freeze a bag and wait until apple season, when i mixed them with twice as much apple and baked a pie. That was a stellar pie with a rich and complex flavor. But the critters eat them now (like everything else) so i no longer bother to harvest them.
I still love the plant though, for the spring flowers. They look kinda like forsythia, but after the forsythia is done. And they smell just fabulous. I grow them near the house and revel in the odor every spring.
I’ll probably yank mine. I much prefer black currants and gooseberries
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I presume your photo is of a currant/gooseberry cross, I am not familiar enough to specifically say if it is “jostaberry” or not…
although flowering currant it could be.
Ribes of some sort, anyhow…but not clove currant.
Thank you! I had no idea where to find beds like the galvanized ones. I was about to make my own.
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