• Height: 5-9 ft
• Spread: 6-12 ft
  
• Light: Full sun-Part shade
  
• Soil: Average-Moist, Well drained
  
• Zone: 3-8
  
• Deer Resistance: Low
  
• Deciduous
• Native

A larger shrub that is attractive all season long and is also a great plant for wildlife! Spring flowers feed pollinators, round green foliage hosts the spring azure butterfly among others, the white berries are a delicious snack for birds and mammals, and the colorful winter stems provide beauty to you and cover for animals.

This species is naturally found along woodland margins but can do well in more sun or more shade. It can be pruned to either be more tree or shrub-like, if left to grow naturally it will naturalize if the area is favorable.