Plant Habit: | Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun 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) |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 3 - 12 feet |
Plant Spread: | 6 -12 feet |
Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Deciduous |
Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Fruit |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Flood Resistant |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous |
Pollinators: | Bees Various insects |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil Monoecious |
Conservation status: | Least Concern (LC) |
CraftyFox | On July 9, 2021 | Cuttings stuck Stuck cuttings down by along the mouth of the creek this year, hoping they will do better than the ones we stuck the year before.. Further up the creek. |
CraftyFox | On May 1, 2018 | Cuttings stuck Cuttings were stuck in 3 different locations to evaluate the differences.. If any. All were buried at least another set of nodes from the rooted area, most 2-3 nodes. Those in a raised burm required watering and suffered during droughts.. 2 seasons before I began to consider them established. The others were struck in full sun and part-sun locations, both establishing themselves and suckering by the next spring. I removed most of the fruit both of the first seasons.. They both seem to grow and yield the same currently, though I have more issues with sawfly on the one in full sun. I would definitely recommend watering these the first year as cuttings.. Or placing them in aquatic transition zones and anywhere else you may have high moisture with decent airflow. |
WebTucker | On May 8, 2023 | Bloomed |
WebTucker | On May 13, 2022 | Bloomed |
RootedInDirt | On August 17, 2022 | Obtained plant |