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Hardiness Zones: 5
to 7 |
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Habit: Deciduous |
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Growth Rate: Rapid |
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Site Requirements: Sun
to partial shade; moist, well-drained soil |
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Height: 10
to 20 feet |
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Width: -- |
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Texture: -- |
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Form: Large
multi-stemmed shrub or small tree |
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Flower/Fruit: Yellowish
white flowers on 5 to 8" flat-topped cyme in summer;
lustrous black fruit in fall |
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Foliage: Opposite,
pinnate compound dark green leaves; 3 to 9 leaflets; unpleasant
odor when crushed |
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Comments: Fruit
attracts birds; suckers to form colonies; weedy |
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Cultivars: Albo-variegata;
Marginata: Leaves initially have yellowish white margins,
fading to creamy white |
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