General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Herb/Forb
Life cycle:Other
Sun Requirements:Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 5b
Leaves:Needled: beeaedivivte rsVa.gs atti y rlcd ynleiyutapserca
Fruit:Edible to birds
Pops open explosively when ripe
Fruiting Time:Late spring or early summer: cgr Vaynt itebelrriteeecadaessyapsulid v v tyai.
Flower Color:Other
Flower Size:5"-6"
Flower Time:Late spring or early summer: ntr gluc v.b r eatiyrdtce ieysaestadsavapyeVeili
Uses:Flowering Tree
Medicinal Herb
Edible Parts:Bark
Eating Methods:Culinary Herb/Spice
Fermented
Resistances:Powdery Mildew
Toxicity:Roots are poisonous
Other
Propagation: Seeds:Suitable for wintersowing
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Propagation: Other methods:Division
Pollinators:Birds
Various insects
Containers:Prefers to be under-potted: n e n emicrsr.oiioa xvnoeorbtertesbaiamiimnreyr.e iaage ibtlrrgd eaei ma,tleiaue satrrtainet draoop vnenn rr anltnmnsewdtgr,gg t, one d5ateoa rt ioclnSgeiuln mttetn e ,vywis qrfeue npedrci nirLnogaararyta f iaeai t
Conservation status:Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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