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Hardiness: USDA Zone 2a: to -45.5 °C (-50 °F) USDA Zone 2b: to -42.7 °C (-45 °F) USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Deciduous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings From semi-hardwood cuttings From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; stratify if sowing indoors By simple layering
Seed Collecting: Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds
On Jun 2, 2007, yarily_holp from Philadelphia, PA (Zone 6b) wrote:
This shrub has maple-like leaves and nice fall color. It can get large, about 10 feet tall, and given time can spread and form a kind of thicket that is a good screen in summer. It flowers a fair amount even in shade, but needs sun to produce much fruit.
On Oct 22, 2006, Lady_fern from Jeffersonville, IN (Zone 6a) wrote:
The flowers and berries on this native shrub are lovely and make it worthy of any yard. It does get large, so site accordingly. Ours make a dense hedge along one side of the back yard. The branches will root where they touch the ground, so it is easily propagated. Pinching new growth in the spring helps it to branch and grow with a better form. Although this is a shrub for sun, we have some growing under a pine tree and others under a pecan tree. They are smaller than the ones in the sun, but are just as healthy and beautiful.
We have a hedge of this bush down one side of our property--bushes are now 15 years old, and some have died completely. We want to re-interplant with new ones. The wood and berries have a rotten odor when they are crushed or pruned--very unexpected to me. the fall color is beautiful, and we had a flock of cedar waxwings come thru every February and feed off the
leftover berries. The bushes seem to get weedy as they grow, not filling out as we would like. Any pruning hints would be appreciated.
On Jan 29, 2002, Copperbaron from Vicksburg, MS (Zone 8a) wrote:
The American cranberrybush is native to the northeastern and northwestern US and is found in low rich woods and borders of fields from New Jersey, Michigan, and Oregon northward. It grows from 8'-10' high with generally erect branches. The showy, snow white flower clusters are 3"-4" across and bloom in early June. The red fruits ripen late in the season and persist into winter. The fruits are edible, but sour and persist into winter. Fall foliage is red to purple. It prefers well drained, moist soil in sun to partial shade.
The american cranberrybush is useful in shrub borders, as a small flowering tree, bird attract and, in hedges, as a barrier, and is useful for flowers and fruit.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Jeffersonville, Indiana Prospect, Kentucky Minneapolis, Minnesota Lincoln, Nebraska Morris Plains, New Jersey Fargo, North Dakota Lima, Ohio
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