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Survives zone 8 through 9
⚠ Honestly: large, showy, hollow scarlet fruit that is watery and near-tasteless — grown for looks, poor eating. Care: Winter protection — mulch, fleece, or a warm wall.
- Hardiness
- Zone 8 to 9
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Fruit
- Ripens
- Summer
- Mature size
- Slender cane 1–2 m; containerable
- Light
- Partial to full sun
- Soil pH
- 6.0–7.0 (near-neutral)
- Environment
- Subtropical montane
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile