Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 15 - 20 feet (4.5 - 6 m) |
Plant Spread: | 12 - 15 feet (3.5 - 4.5 m) |
Leaves: | Good fall color Deciduous |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: 1/3 inch ovoid, fleshy single-seeded drupes, green ripening to bluish-black. |
Fruiting Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Other: Cymes 3 to 5 inches across bearing small flowers. |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Flowering Tree Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
Resistances: | Pollution Humidity tolerant Drought tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds Sow in situ |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Layering Division |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious Goes Dormant |
aspenhill | On April 18, 2015 | Obtained plant LWC Plant Sale (Hill House) - qty 1 |
SuperHappyCamper | On April 15, 2023 | Obtained plant Purchased from Drew at spring plant sale located at Gardens of Kennesaw Mtn. |
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