Scientific Name
Rhodotypos scandens
Common Name
Black jetbead; White kerria

Hardiness Zones: 4 to 8
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Moderate to rapid
Site Requirements: Sun to shade; range of soil types
Height: 3 to 6 feet
Width: 4 to 9 feet
Texture: Medium
Form: Mounded; loosely branched; somewhat arching; unkept and ragged
Flower/Fruit: 1 to 2" white flowers in late spring; borne singly on ends of stems; 0.3" shiny black drupe in fall; persists till following season
Foliage: Opposite, simple bright green leaves; sharply serrated; 2.5 to 4" long; green to yellow-tinged fall color
Comments: Drought and pollution tolerant; very hardy
Cultivars: --
   



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