Penstemon eatonii, Eaton's Firecracker Blue Catalina Island Gooseberry (Ribes virburnifolium)

Catalina Island Gooseberry (Ribes virburnifolium)

White and pink flowers bloom in winter and spring followed by hard red-brown berries

This tree is deciduous in the winter

Grows well in containers

This plant does not require any pruning

Penstemon eatonii, Eaton's Firecracker Blue Catalina Island Gooseberry (Ribes virburnifolium)Eaton's Firecracker A perennial that grows up to three feet tall and wide. Red tubular flower clusters bloom in the spring through summer. It is deciduous in the winter. Plant with: Big Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), Brittlebush (Encelia sp.), Apache Plume (Fallugia paradoxa), Juniper (Juniperus sp.), Pinyon Pine (Pinus monophylla), Desert Scrub Oak(Quercus cornelius mulleri), Desert Sage (Salvia dorrii), and Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) Family