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Survives zone 3 through 7
⚠ Intensely acidic — not fresh eating; for juice, oil and syrup. Very high vitamin C.
Spread warning. Suckering shrub 2–4 m; invasive roots, container-awkward
- Hardiness
- Zone 3 to 7
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer, holds into winter
- Mature size
- Suckering shrub 2–4 m; invasive roots, container-awkward
- Light
- Full sun (obligate — very shade-intolerant)
- Soil pH
- 5.5–8.5 (very wide; nitrogen-fixing)
- Environment
- Coastal and montane
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–4 yrs
- Pollination
- DIOECIOUS — needs male and female plants