Shape | Large, dense and sprawling. |
Landscape | Hedge and border planting. |
Cultivation | Full sun and partial-shade. Moist and well-drained soils. Drought and erosion tolerant. |
Pests | Leaf spots, cankers, rust, verticillium wilt and crown gall. |
Notable Specimens | Joany's Woods, West Williams, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. |
Bark/Stem Description | Woody stems/trunks that rise from the base with the largest trunk maturing to 15 cm in diameter. The trunk/branches have sharp thorns. Arching branches that dip to the ground. The bark on older trunks peel in long. thin and narrow strips. |
Leaf Description | Speckled and thorny stems. Elliptic leaves that are 5 - 8 cm long with entire but often wavy margins. Scales appearing on the underside.
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Flower Description | Fragrant, funnel-shaped, 4-petaled flowers. 8 mm long and bloom in clusters (1 - 4 umbels) dropping from the leaf axils. |
Fruit Description | Fleshy, abundant and scale-dotted fruit.
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Colour Description | Stems are silvery-golden-brown in colour. The leaves are a greyish-green with distinct silver scales. The flowers are a silvery-white to dull yellow colour. The fruit ripens to a speckled red colour. |
Texture Description | The leaves appear leathery. |