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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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