| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 6 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 4 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds Other: commonly used to make jams and jellies. |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Pink White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Eating Methods: | Raw |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Scarify seeds: scarification from low-intensity fires is required for germination. Suitable for wintersowing Other info: although it reproduces mainly by seed, seed germination is considered weak and rare, usually only occurring after low-intensity fires. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Tip Layering Other: recovers well after fires; sprouting from the buried root crown is common following fire. |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| MrsBinWY | On June 24, 2019 | Transplanted On 6-24-2019, planted 3 in alley across from Campanula americana. (Replaced the 3 that didn't overwinter.) |
| MrsBinWY | On August 11, 2018 | Transplanted On 8-11-2018, planted 3 in alley across from Campanula americana. |
| MrsBinWY | On June 10, 2018 | Potted up 7 |
| MrsBinWY | On April 14, 2018 | Seeds germinated observed 3 from the milk jug held over from 2017 (on back patio; dry during the summer; freeze and thaw over the winter) |
| MrsBinWY | On June 11, 2017 | Potted up 1 |
| MrsBinWY | On April 29, 2017 | Seeds germinated 1 way up |
| MrsBinWY | On January 16, 2017 | Seeds sown Z4, P, C, 3:12w (baggy in fridge), seeds from Alplains, 16; jugged 4-15-17 |
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