Scientific Name
Aralia spinosa

Common Name
Hercules’s-club; Devil’s walking stick

Hardiness Zones: 4-9
Habit: Deciduous
Growth Rate: Slow to moderate
Site Requirements: Sun to shade; range of soil conditions including dry and heavy clay soil
Texture: Medium
Form: Stiff branches at right angles
Height: 10 to 20’
Width: Varies
Leaf: 32 to 64" bi- to tri-pinnately compound leaves; bronze new foliage; yellow to red-orange fall foliage
Flower/Fruit: 3 to 4" cluster of creamy white flowers in summer; compact cluster of purple-black berries
Comments: Native; thorny; can spread by suckers; fruit attracts birds, flowers attract bees and tiger swallowtail butterflies; easy to transplant
Cultivars: Variegata
 



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