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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9a -6.7 °C (20 °F) to -3.9 °C (25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 3 - 6 feet
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Shiny, leathery, rounded
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Small, orange-red ovoid drupes.
Fruiting Time: Late winter or early spring
Flower Color: Other: Yellowish-white
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Days to germinate: Slow to germinate, may take up to 12 months.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Mirror Bush
  • Creeping Mirror Plant
  • Looking-glass Bush
  • Mirror Plant

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