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Hardiness
Zones:
5-8 |
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Habit:
Deciduous |
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Growth
Rate: Moderate |
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Site
Requirements: Sun;
moist well drained soil |
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Texture:
Medium |
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Form:
Rounded,
shrubby habit
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Height:
12
to 15'
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Width:
8
to 12' |
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Leaf:
4
to 8" alternate, simple dark green leaves; glabrous on underside |
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Flower/Fruit:
3
to 4" slightly fragrant deep red purple flowers; reddish purple stamens;
opens flat; 1 to 2" cylindrical, deep purple to brown fruit in summer
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Comments:
Light
gray to brown bark; susceptible to powdery mildew
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Cultivars:
Nigra
(5" deep purple outside, light purple inside), O'Neill
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