Tree Details

Hardiness zone: 5 – 9

Height: 40 – 50

Spread: 18 – 40

Habit: In youth: openly pyramidal with branches to the ground; At maturity: full, irregular and picturesque

Light: Full sun or partial shade

Soil: Moist, loose, acidic, well-drained soil preferable

Flowers: dull, white, 4-lobed, inconspicuous

Fruit: berry-like, dull, red, rounded drupe maturing in October and persisting into the winter

Landscape use: Specimen plant; groupings

History: Native range is Massachusetts to Florida and west to Missouri and Texas; introduced in 1744

Pests\Problems:

Many; leaf miner and scale are particularly troublesome

Significant Features: Good, dark green form with heavy bright red fruit production; fairly common in the southeast