Hardiness zones
Sunset 8-24
USDA 9 - 11
Landscape Use: Large foundation or background, informal hedge, filler, small multiple-trunk tree, mesic landscape design themes
Form & Character: Evergreen to semi deciduous shrub, clean, bright and colorful in appearance
Growth Habit: Moderately slow (dwarf cultivar) to vigorous, ranging from 5' to 20' in height with equal spread
Foliage/Texture: Glabrous, serrate, light green, ovate leaves tapering to an acuminate tip, new foliage reddish, bronze to copper, occasional stipular spines, medium texture
Flowers & Fruits: Profuse, axillary, greenish yellow "pin cushion" flowers on older plants in October/November, rather subtle, fruit inconspicuous
Seasonal Color: New foliage
Temperature: Hardy to 20oF, colder winter weather will induce deciduous habit
Light: Full sun to nearly full shade. Eastern and northern exposures best in Phoenix.
Soil: Well drained soil is desirable. This plant is salt sensitive and thus will invariably have leaf tip necrosis in Phoenix.
Watering: Regular irrigations
Pruning: Prune for desired effect. Can be pruned severely for regeneration.
Propagation: Cutting are difficult to root, root develop poorly as young plant
Disease and pests: Somewhat susceptible to Texas root rot.
Additional comments: Dwarf cultivar 'Compacta' is one half the size and is preferred for urban landscape use.
