Plant Habit: | Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Soil pH Preferences: | Very strongly acid (4.5 – 5.0) Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5) Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8a |
Plant Height: | 4 to 6 inches |
Plant Spread: | 6 to 12 inches |
Leaves: | Evergreen Fragrant Broadleaf |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Fruiting Time: | Late winter or early spring Late summer or early fall Fall Late fall or early winter Winter |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Blooms on new wood |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Uses: | Provides winter interest Groundcover Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Leaves Fruit |
Eating Methods: | Tea Culinary Herb/Spice Raw |
Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: 1 to 2 months cold moist treatment |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Layering Other: Stem runners usually rooted at intervals |
Pollinators: | Bumblebees |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
lovesblooms | On February 24, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |
lovesblooms | On April 24, 2015 | Obtained plant |
antsinmypants | On March 2, 2023 | Seeds sown WS several. |
SuperHappyCamper | On February 9, 2023 | Obtained plant Purchased from Pike's Nursery. |
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