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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial 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)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 to 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Light green, pinnately compound, fern-like foliage with a weeping habit.
Fruit: Other: Pods, yellowish-green maturing to brown.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Provides winter interest
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Resistances: Pollution
Drought tolerant
Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Weeping Pea Shrub

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Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-05-06
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Rochester Hills, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2013-06-29 
On a high graft.
Location: Farmer Johns Greenhouse, Farmington Hills, MI
Date: 2009-05-18
Location: Bordine's Greenhouse, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-06-07
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-14
Grafted onto a standard.
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-14

Date: 2014-06-26
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-05-06
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-05-06

Date: 2014-06-18

Date: 2012-04-14

Date: 2012-04-14

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