- Grows 10 to 15 feet tall
- Full sun to part shade
- Medium moist soil
- Blooms in May and June
- Larval host plant
- Berries provide important nutrition for birds
- Berry flavor is astringent - not sweet, but also not bitter or sour
- Birds love these berries, which ripen in late summer and fall
- Beautiful reddish-purple autumn leaves
- Tough, low-maintenance shrub
- Great for erosion control at the edge of a pond
- Great privacy shrub
