Hardiness zones
Sunset 10-13
USDA 7-9
Landscape Use: Background, filler, desert restoration, native plantings.
Form & Character: Semi-evergreen to evergreen, upright to spreading, stiff, informal.
Growth Habit: Moderate to slow growth to 5 to 20 feet in height with similar spread, densely branched like elm.
Foliage/Texture: Small ovate leaves, highly scabrous, young stems zig-zag
and have stout thorns; medium fine texture.
Flowers & Fruits:
Flowers and fruit are insignificant; fruit are small and rounded drupe, yellow
to orange when mature, may be eaten raw.
Seasonal Color: None
Temperature: Tolerant, hardy
to 10o to 20oF.
Light: Full sun to partial shade.
Soil: Tolerant,
grows well in gravelly well-drained soils.
Watering: Little supplemental water required after establishment.
Supplemental water will increase grow rate and subsequent plant size.
Pruning: If properly located
in the landscape, pruning requirements should be minimal to none.
Propagation: Cuttings, seed
germinate rapidly if sown fresh.
Disease and pests: None
Additional comments:
Relatively non-ornamental medium shrub that is generally found only in desert
landscapes, desert restoration projects, or native plantings.
