Famous for its bright red twigs, especially striking against snow in winter, making it a popular landscape shrub.
Offers white flower clusters in late spring, white berries in summer, burgundy-red fall foliage, and red stems in winter.
Its berries are eaten by over 90 species of birds (including cedar waxwings and grosbeaks) as well as small mammals. Dense thickets provide nesting cover.
Indigenous people used the bark, roots, and twigs for medicinal teas, dyes, and basketry. It also had ceremonial uses.
Famous for its bright red twigs, especially striking against snow in winter, making it a popular landscape shrub.
Offers white flower clusters in late spring, white berries in summer, burgundy-red fall foliage, and red stems in winter.
Its berries are eaten by over 90 species of birds (including cedar waxwings and grosbeaks) as well as small mammals. Dense thickets provide nesting cover.
Indigenous people used the bark, roots, and twigs for medicinal teas, dyes, and basketry. It also had ceremonial uses.
Bloom time: late spring to early summer
Habitats: interdunal swales; fens; moist sandy thickets; sandy areas along rivers; sandy ditches; shrub swamps; shrubby bogs
Lifespan: perennial
Moisture: moist
Plant type (height): shrub (3 to 9 feet)
Requirements: full sun to partial sun
Soil: loam; sand; silt
