General Plant Information (Edit)
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

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Common names
  • Alder Buckthorn
  • Fernleaf Buckthorn
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Frangula alnus subsp. alnus
  • Synonym: Rhamnus frangula
Also sold as:
  • Asplenifolia
  • Asplenifolius

Photo Gallery
Photo by JeffLoflinECV

Date: 2012-05-21
Very thin foliage and very tiny flowers.
Location: Grass Roots Nursery, New Boston, MI
Date: 2010-07-31
Location: Ontario, Oregon, United States
Date: 2021-08-20
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2010-05-09
young tree
Location: Grass Roots Nursery, New Boston, MI
Date: 2010-07-31
Location: Grass Roots Nursery, New Boston, MI
Date: 2010-07-31
Location: Grass Roots Nursery, New Boston, MI
Date: 2010-07-31
Photo by JeffLoflinECV
Photo by JeffLoflinECV
Photo by JeffLoflinECV
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2022-05-19
Location: Ontario, Oregon, United States
Date: 2021-08-20
Location: Carson City, NV
Date: 2022-05-19

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