Botanical Name: Rhus integrifolia
Common Name: Lemonade berry
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright to spreading, branching fairly dense but somewhat variable; canopy rounded and full rather open and spreading
Height 5' - 10' (15')
Spread equal +
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun
Soil tolerates most, including rocky, clayey slopes
Hardiness some frost; tolerates heat (zones 18-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, alternate, oblong-ovate, 1" - 2" long, grayish green, leathery, margins somewhat to ed, new foliage green
Flowers dense terminal panicles of tiny pinkish white flowers February - April
Fruit flattened, sticky drupe, 1/4" long
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
medium-large filler, mass plantings, background if trained; can be sheared into formal hedges; excellent for erosion control on dry slopes
 
Landscape Care:
Watering occasional deep soak - needs little after established
Fertilizing little needed
Pruning to shape desired; best if occasionally headed back
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Southern California coast
Family: Anacardiaceae

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