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Survives zone 2 through 6
Goumi/autumn olive — pleasantly tart-sweet when fully ripe; good for jam.
- Hardiness
- Zone 2 to 6
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer–autumn
- Mature size
- Suckering shrub; container-awkward
- Light
- Full sun; tolerates partial
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8.5 (very wide; nitrogen-fixing)
- Environment
- Boreal
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–4 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile, better with a partner