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Caragana frutex
Russian Peashrub
Origin: Found in Southern Russia to Turkestan north into Siberia. Introduced into cultivation in 1752.
| Family |
| Fabaceae |
| Genus |
| Caragana |
| Species |
| frutex |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 2a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 3 |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H7 |
| Height |
| 2 - 6 m |
| Spread |
| 2 - 4 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Caragana frutex is a perennial, woody shrub with yellow flowers. |
| Landscape |
| Low hedges and garden planting. |
| Cultivation |
| Full sun and partial shade. Prefers dry to average moist, well-drained soil. Drought tolerant. |
| Shape |
| Compact and rounded. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| Pests |
| Deer resistant. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Branch stems are 1 - 2 m tall, solid stems. Young twigs are glabrous and sparsely glabrate. |
| Leaf Description |
| Alternate, petiolate, glabrous and compound leaves with inconspicuous, absent or caducous stipules. |
| Flower Description |
| Pea-like flowers that hang below the branches. |
| Fruit Description |
| Unilocular, elongate or oblong, beaked and glabrous. Each fruit contains 3 - 10 seeds which have an ovoid to round outline. |
| Colour Description |
| The flower petals are orange or yellow. The fruit is an olive green or brownish-black. The leaves are a light green almost faint yellow. |
| Texture Description |
| The fruit has a smooth texture. |
| Notable Specimens |
| The University of Alberta Botanic Garden, Devon, Alberta, Canada. |
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