General Description | Tall vine like bush with opposite branches. Light green leafs, pale yellow flowers and berry-like red fruit. |
ID Characteristic | Colour, pale greenish yellow. Leaves, thin, downy beneath when young, on somewhat hairy, short petioles, opposite, oblong or ovate, fringed around the margins. Calyx, with very short teeth. Corolla, funnel-form, with a slight, spur-like swelling at base, 3/4 of an inch long, with 5 nearly equal lobes. Fruit, not united, of 2 separate, bright red berries. April to June. |
Shape | Tall bush not to crowded almost vine like. |
Propagation | Roots quickly from cuttings and is successfully propagated from seed. |
Cultivation | Best growth occurs when planted in full sun,with times of shade. well drained, loamy soil, usually leaving a space between plantings to allow for spreading. It can tolerate wind, some drought and some exposed conditions |
Pests | Does not suffer from any major pests or disease or browse |
Habitat | Pennsylvania to Michigan, Wisconsin, and northward. |
Bark/Stem Description | Reddish grey, small peeling and shredding on larger stems. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Red berry-like bud close together usually attached. similar to cherries but smaller and closer together. |
Leaf Description | Simple and opposite. Hairless except the edges of the leafs have very fine hairs. Bright green on top, pale on the . |
Flower Description | Somewhat long white, bell- or funnel-shaped, 5 lobes, 2.5 cm long, hanging towards the ground in pairs from a 2.5 cm long, green stem, that shows up in late spring, almost covered by leaves. |
Fruit Description | Red-orange berries often paired together; with a tapering point, to 1 cm in length which ripen in mid to late summer. |
Colour Description | Light green leaves with a reddish grey bark. Pale yellow flowers. |