| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 14 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 8 feet |
| Leaves: | Evergreen Fragrant Other: Peppery to the taste. |
| Fruit: | Showy Other: Small purple-black berries in clusters. |
| Flowers: | Other |
| Flower Color: | Purple Other: Pale pink male flowers and smaller white female flower |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Provides winter interest |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Culinary Herb/Spice |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Other info: Plant the seeds as soon as they have ripened. Grow in a greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant out when frost danger is past. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Layering Other: Cuttings of 1/2 ripe wood with a heel (summer), layering in spring (takes about 12 months). |
| Miscellaneous: | Dioecious |
