Age / Size: 1-0 / 18-24" · Height: 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m) · Spread: 8-12 ft (2.4-3.7 m) — roughly as wide as tall

 Crown shape: Upright shrub with erect, spreading and arching stems and three-lobed leaves

 Light: Full sun to partial shade · Soil: Wet to moist well-drained; tolerant of various types and easy to grow · Moisture: Prefers moisture; good along pond and stream margins · Zones: not stated · Growth rate: not stated

 Flowers / fruit: Clusters of white flowers in spring followed by edible red drupes resembling cranberries, ripening August-September

 Wildlife & landscape: Fruit eaten by birds and mammals; flowers support pollinators; good cover

 Native range: Wet woods, stream banks and moist wooded hillsides of northern USA and Canada

 Cautions: The native plant’s fruit is edible; the European V. opulus fruit is not — check the petiolar glands at the base of the leaf to tell them apart. This shrub has hybridised with the European species and escaped cultivation, which can dilute the native genotype. Generally free of insect and disease damage; bacterial leaf spot, powdery mildew, shoot blight, borers, thrips.

 Source: NC State Extension

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