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Frangula purshiana ssp. purshiana Cascara

Description

Pots available Summer 2025. Waitlist below.

The dark green and deeply veined foliage of this small deciduous tree is as delightful as its blueish-black plump fruits in summer. The caterpillars of Pale Swallowtail butterflies are thought to eat the foliage.  The berries are an important late-summer and fall food for birds, including thrushes, waxwings, and robins. The young bark of this species is characteristically smooth and grayish-brown, darkening and becoming scaly with age.  In late spring to early summer, Cascara produces small, inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers.

habitat Woodlands and thickets
light Full sun to part shade
moisture Mesic to wet
height Up to 8 m
flowering May to June
habit Deciduous tree
feature Attracts birds, butterfly host
companion plants Black Hawthorn, Nootka Rose, Oceanspray, Cow Parsnip, Thimbleberry, Black Twinberry (Coastal)

Size
$25.00
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