Scientific Name
Aralia spinosa

Common Name
Hercules's club; Devil's walking stick

Hardiness Zones: 4-9
Habit: Deciduous
Exposure: Sun to shade; range of soil conditions
Height: 10 to 20'
Flower/Fruit: 3 to 4' cluster of creamy white flowers in summer; compact cluster of purple-black berries
Comments: Stiff branches at right angles; huge compound leaves; bronze new foliage; yellow to red orange fall foliage; thorny; can spread by suckers; fruit attracts birds, flowers attract bees and tiger swallowtail butterflies
Cultivars: --
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