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Survives zone 7 through 9
Yangmei sweet-tart and good; sweetfern is an aromatic leaf tea, not a fruit. Nitrogen-fixing.
- Hardiness
- Zone 7 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Leaf, Fruit
- Ripens
- Summer
- Mature size
- Shrub/small tree; yangmei tender
- Light
- Full sun to partial
- Soil pH
- 4.5–6.0 (acid; nitrogen-fixing)
- Environment
- Subtropical
- Status
- Cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 4–5 yrs
- Pollination
- DIOECIOUS — needs male and female plants