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Montana Black Currant (Wholesale Bundles) | Spring 2027
$173.00
Price breaks
| Bundles in your cart | Per bundle | Per plant |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 bundles | $173.00 | $6.92 |
| 4 to 11 bundles | $147.05 | $5.88 |
| 12 to 23 bundles | $129.75 | $5.19 |
| 24 bundles and up | $112.45 | $4.50 |
40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants.
Farm & Ranch bundles are already priced wholesale, so SAVE discount codes don't apply to them.
Reliable shipping
Only need a few? This page is wholesale, sold by the bundle. For smaller numbers, order our Montana Black Currant (Bundle of 3).
At a glance: Montana Black Currant is a low native shrub with edible berries, rated hardy to zone 2 in our ratings (winters to -50°F). Ships bare root. Sold here at wholesale prices, by the bundle.
| Also called | American black currant, wild black currant, Riverview Germplasm (Ribes americanum) |
|---|---|
| Hardy to | Zone 2 on the MFTC modified cold hardiness scale (-50°F). Grows in zones 2 to 7. A bare number means the whole of zone 2, colder half included. Find your zone with our cold hardiness calculator. |
| Mature size | 3 to 6 ft tall and wide |
| Pollination | Partially self fertile. It sets some fruit alone and crops better with several plants together. Seedlings are all different plants genetically, so they pollenize each other. |
| Spacing | 3 to 4 ft apart in the row. |
| Good for | Low outside row of a shelterbelt, understory and riparian plantings, wildlife food, jelly |
| Deer | Sometimes damaged by deer. |
| What you get | Dormant bare root seedlings. 6-10 in., 10-24 in. and 2-3 ft. sizes come 25 plants to a bundle, and the 3 ft.+ size comes 20 to a bundle. Shipped from Missoula, or picked up in Missoula, in spring 2027. |
| Wholesale terms | Sold by the bundle. Mix any Farm & Ranch plants to reach a price break at 4, 12 and 24 bundles. 40 bundles or more, email us for a quote. |
Overview
Montana Black Currant is the native American black currant, a different species from the European black currant. It stays low and tolerates some shade.
Origin & History
Riverview is an NRCS source identified release grown from seed of wild plants along the Big Sioux River near Watertown, South Dakota. It's a known native seed source, not a fruit selection.
Fruit & Uses
Large, sweet black berries that make excellent jam and are high in antioxidants. These are grown from seed, so fresh eating quality varies from plant to plant. Birds eat them too, and the flowers draw pollinators. Leaves turn red and gold in fall.
Growth Habit
Low, arching, thornless shrub, 3 to 6 ft.
Spacing
Plant 3 to 4 ft apart. A bundle of 25 covers 75 to 100 ft of row, a bundle of 20 covers 60 to 80 ft.
Pollination
Partially self fertile. Plant several together and they pollenize each other and crop better than one bush alone.
Cold hardiness
We rate Montana Black Currant to zone 2, winters to -50°F.
How wholesale orders work
- Bundles can't be split. Sizes under 3 ft. come 25 to a bundle, 3 ft. and taller come 20 to a bundle.
- Price breaks count every Farm & Ranch bundle in your cart, any mix of plants. 4 bundles, 12 bundles and 24 bundles each drop the price on all of them. The discount shows up in your cart on its own.
- Add to your order any time before it ships. Same shipping address, and the bundles count together toward the next price break.
- No cancellations after February 1. Cancel part of an order before then and the rest is priced at the break it still earns.
- If we come up short on a plant, you keep the price break you paid for and we refund the bundles we couldn't send.
- Our dead plant guarantee covers these the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping. We can't break a bundle, so credit goes toward a future order, not loose replacement plants.
- Planting 40 bundles or more? Email us for a quote.
Shipping restrictions: We cannot ship Montana Black Currant to Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Virginia or West Virginia. Black currants are banned or restricted in those states to keep white pine blister rust away from white pines. Orders to those states get cancelled and refunded. Check your own state and county list before planting.
Questions we get about Montana Black Currant
How cold hardy is Montana Black Currant?
We rate it hardy to zone 2, which means winters down to about -50°F.
How far apart do I plant Montana Black Currant?
3 to 4 ft apart in a row.
What arrives, and when does it ship?
Dormant bare root seedlings by the bundle, shipped from Missoula or picked up in Missoula in spring 2027. Orders are paid in full at checkout. Our dead plant guarantee covers them the same as everything else we sell. A plant that never leafs out its first season gets a credit code for what you paid for it plus its share of the shipping.
Photos: “Ribes americanum - American black currant - 26936152912” by Matt Lavin, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0; “Ribes americanum kz05” by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.