| HEIGHT: | 20 - 30 feet |
| SPREAD: | 18 - 25 feet |
| DISTINCTIONS: | INVASIVE. Fast growing; salt tolerant; clusters of flowers in spring; purple-black fruits; well branched, flower spikes held up from the branches. |
| LIMITATIONS: | INVASIVE. Susceptible to black knot disease; suckers at the base unless grafted onto European bird cherry or Amur chokecherry root stock. Should not be planted as it spreads aggressively and competes with native vegetation. |
| HARDINESS: | INT, SC, SE (Zone 2) |
| ORIGIN: | North America |
| CULTIVARS: | ‘Canada Red’ young leaves are green and turn maroon in early summer; flowers pinkish-white; redder leaves and straighter trunks than ‘Shubert’; susceptible to dieback in INT.‘Shubert’ young leaves are green and turn maroon in early summer; white flowers. |
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| The information for this Deciduous Tree (246) was last updated on: 2020-02-27 23:13:23 | |
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