| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Blooms on new wood |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Tip |
| Miscellaneous: | Dioecious |
| jhugart | On May 5, 2020 | Plant emerged Noticed leaves coming out. |
| jhugart | On September 15, 2019 | Fruit Ripened A single berry appeared! I suspect that the plants were not pollinated in the way they were organized at the nursery. |
| jhugart | From June 9, 2019 to May 3, 2020 | Transplanted Put in the ground. Three plants. At points of a square; the northwest point contains the male "Southern Gentleman" which should pollinate the females at the other points. |
| jhugart | On June 3, 2019 | Obtained plant Acquired plant at Green Lake Nursery in Spicer, MN. |
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