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Survives zone 4 through 8
⚠ MUST BE COOKED — raw berries, leaves and stems are toxic. Cordial, wine, jam.
- Hardiness
- Zone 4 to 8
- Habit
- Shrub
- Edible part
- Leaf, Fruit
- Ripens
- Aug–Sept
- Mature size
- Shrub 3–5 m
- Light
- Full sun to partial — flowers and fruits best in full sun
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7.0
- Environment
- Temperate
- Status
- Both wild and cultivated
- Years to fruit
- 2–3 yrs
- Pollination
- Self-fertile but better with a 2nd cultivar