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Hardiness
Zones:
3
to 9 |
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Habit:
Deciduous |
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Growth
Rate: Slow
to moderate |
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Site
Requirements: Sun
to partial shade; moist to wet acidic, organically enriched
soil |
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Height:
4
to 8 feet |
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Width:
4
to 6 feet |
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Texture:
Medium |
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Form:
Dense
oval to upright shrub; rounded top; often suckers to form
a colony |
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Flower/Fruit:
Intense,
spicy fragrant flowers on 2 to 6" racemes in summer;
five white, pink or rose petals; occurs on current season's
growth; black peppercorn-like capsules
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Foliage:
Alternate,
simple, glossy, sharply serrated medium to deep green leaves;
1.5 to 4" long; often woolly tomentose below; late to
leaf out in spring; pale yellow to golden brown fall color |
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Comments:
Spreads
by stolons; hardy, carefree; can develop mites if soil is
too dry; flowers attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds;
fruit attracts birds; salt spray tolerant; native to damp
areas of eastern US
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Cultivars:
See
table
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