| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| 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 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6b |
| Plant Height: | 4 to 12 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 3 to 9 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous Other: opposite, simple, oblong, and 1 to 3 inches long with smooth to sparsely toothed margins. |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Other: small, brown, 4-celled capsule. |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | White |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge Erosion control |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Fire Resistant Tolerates dry shade Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Stratify seeds: 28 to 70 days moist cold stratification. Suitable for wintersowing Other info: approximately 5.3 million seeds per pound; sow on soil surface in spring; keep moist and around 59 deg.F after stratifying 4 to 10 weeks. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Root Layering Other: softwood summer cuttings under mist and winter hardwood cuttings. |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| Awards and Recognitions: | Other: state flower of Idaho; species named in honor of Meriwether Lewis who first described it during the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1804-1806. |
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