Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry. The Fuchsia-flowered gooseberry is a small to medium size deciduous shrub growing with arching branches 4-6 ft. Learn how to prune perfectly.
As California native plants they probably have some degree of legal protection and may need specialized growing conditions. But thats not whats memorable. The plant is very spiny.
It was previously considered a genus in the larger saxifrage family Saxifragaceae.
Yes Fuchsia Flowering Gooseberry Ribes speciosum has a funny name. Family Grossulariaceae Genus Ribes can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs sometimes spiny with simple. The bright red flowers line the stems of the plant sometimes displaying their color for up to several feet long. This broadleaved evergreen shrub can grow tall.