:: Golden Currant :: 

Golden Currant (Ribes aureum)

This plant adds a burst of color and fragrance to your garden, also known as Clove Currant, Pruterberry, or Buffalo Currant. Native to North America, this versatile flowering shrub is known for its stunning golden blooms and delightful, spicy scent reminiscent of cloves or vanilla. A deciduous shrub with bright golden yellow flowers in spring that blossom into up to 18 flowers per cluster. Golden currants are perfect for pollinator gardens, hedgerows, or as a colorful ornamental feature.

A collection of handcrafted watercolors in warm and earthy hues that create a lovely mixing palette of natural colors to encapsulate the landscape, flora, and fauna. 

‘Golden Currant’ palette watercolors swatched from the top row left: 

Top row // from left to right 

Vine Maple, Halls Aster, Blue Fescue

Bottom row // from left to right

Cinquefoil, Bombus, Clarkia 

Delicate watercolor pastel hues can be created with the ‘Golden Currant’ paints in soft and serene layers. A versatile palette at full strength these watercolors are rich, vibrant, and deep. 

Our lovely mineral watercolor paints have beautiful granulation and can be layered from thick to thin. Artist-grade and lightfast, each pan is hand-poured to exacting traditional recipes and techniques in our studio using the highest quality earth pigments, and natural watercolor binding medium made from distilled water, honey, glycerine, and the sap of acacia trees.

Watercolors for Wildlife

Every Wildthorne watercolor, palette, or piece of jewelry directly funds the creation of solitary bee nests placed in wild and protected habitats across the Pacific Northwest. These nests offer critical refuge for native bees who face increasing habitat loss.

Your purchase supports field conservation efforts, ecological stewardship, and the regeneration of pollinator safe lands.

Handmade watercolors created in rhythm with the seasons. Inspired by and made for the wild.

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