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20 - 30 (feet)

20 - 35 (feet)

Broad rounded form with dense, low-growing horizontal branches; thorns; shiny dark green leaves turning bronze or purplish-red in fall; short-lived flowers have unpleasant odor; red fruit persist into winter; prefers well-drained acid soils but can tolerate dry soils; full-sun; effective as barrier or screening hedge.

Thorns may limit use; susceptible to pests including hawthorn-cedar rust.

SE (Zone 3)

Eastern United States and Canada

var. inermis thornless variety.