| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 5-6 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 4-5 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Indehiscent |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer |
| Flowers: | Blooms on old wood |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Leaves Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Tea Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Will not come true from seed |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Cane Division |
| Pollinators: | Self Bees |
| Miscellaneous: | With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth |
| Parentage: | Lewis, ORUS 520-48 |
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