Plant Habit: | Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Wet Mesic Mesic |
Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 7b |
Plant Height: | 10 to 12 feet, possibly 20 feet |
Plant Spread: | 6 to 10 feet |
Leaves: | Deciduous |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: Tiny berries maturing from green to red to purplish-black; each berry contains two to three light brown seeds |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Inconspicuous |
Flower Color: | White Other: Whitish-green |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
Pollinators: | Various insects |
Child plants: | one child plant |