| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) 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 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 3 to 15 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 6 to 10 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: Small green pomes, ripening to dark bluish-purple. |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: 90-120 day cool moist stratification or 2hr soak in 3% H2O2 followed by 12-18 hr water soak and sow to 1/4 deep for germination in 90 days. Depth to plant seed: sow to 1/4 inch deep Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Other info: Sow outside in fall or 90-120 day cool moist stratification. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Tip Other: soft to semi-hardwood cuttings in early summer before terminal buds "have set". |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
