Plant Habit: | Fern |
Life cycle: | Biennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8a |
Fruit: | Edible to birds |
Flowers: | Blooms on new wood |
Flower Color: | Green Blue Bi-Color: trtl o w hiedlnoto celgneneereowGw yllye |
Flower Size: | 4"-5" 6"-12" |
Flower Time: | Late winter and early spring Spring |
Inflorescence Type: | Catkin |
Uses: | Suitable for forage Suitable for miniature gardens |
Edible Parts: | Flowers |
Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer B (Boron) Cu (Copper) I (Iodine) |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds Suitable for wintersowing: t s oarecsd,uelecbi slnlPln bp eisdehpadrs onyut |
Pollinators: | Midges Cleistogamous |
Conservation status: | Extinct in the Wild (EW) |
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