Height: 5 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

Width: 5 ft. 0 in. - 12 ft. 0 in.

Light: Full sun, partial shade

Soil Drainage: Well-drained, moist, occasionally wet.

Challenge: Requires acid soil, soil pH <6.0

Flowers/fruit: clusters of creamy white flowers April-May. Pink to blue to purplish-black fruits in fall.

Fall leaf color: Orange to red.

Wildlife Value: It is a potential host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly and hummingbird clearwing moths. Its fruits are eaten by songbirds, grouse, wild turkeys and squirrel. Its twigs and leaves are browsed by white-tailed deer.