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Survives zone 3 through 9
Ripe red berries edible in moderation, cooked or as jelly; young shoots cooked and eaten like asparagus in some regions. Ripe berries edible in moderation (cooked/as jelly); raw berries are laxative/cathartic in quantity; young shoots cooked.
- Hardiness
- Zone 3 to 9
- Habit
- Herb
- Edible part
- Shoot, Fruit
- Ripens
- Late summer (ripe red berries)
- Mature size
- Herbaceous perennial
- Light
- Shade to partial
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.0
- Environment
- Woodland
- Status
- Wild
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile (family default)