Hamilton's Spindletree

Other names

Himalayan Spindle

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan, Korea

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Arborvillage Farm Nursery

Description

Large shrub; leaves obovate to obovate-oblong, sometimes elliptic, 6-12mm long and 3.5-6cm broad, abuptly acuminate, broad-cuneate, crenate-serrulate; cyme many flowered, rather dense, on a stalk 1-2cm long; filaments somewhat longer or sometimes shorter than the anthers; fruit deeply 4-lobed, about 1cm across, pinkish; aril orange, usually closed or with a small opening.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4