Exposure:
Sun to partial shade; tolerates poor
dry soil ; does not tolerate shade or wet soil
Height:
9 to 15'
Flower/Fruit:
Greenish white flowers; velvety red fruit
in late summer on female plants
Comments: Medium green leaves turn red orange,
scarlet, and red velvet in fall; good in dry arrangement; rejuvenate by
cutting to the ground every few years; colony forming shrub; not poisonous
Cultivars:
Laciniata (cut leaf; scarlet
fall foliage)
