| Plant Habit: | Shrub Vine |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 10 - 20 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 3 - 6 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Red Other: Dark red outside and yellow and white inside |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall Other: July to frost |
| Uses: | Groundcover Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds Other Beneficial Insects: Moths |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Toxicity: | Fruit is poisonous Other: The berries are mildly toxic |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem |
| Pollinators: | Self Moths and Butterflies Bees |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM |
| aspenhill | On April 11, 2018 | Obtained plant Black Creek Greenhouse - qty 1 |
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