| Description | A wide spreading suckering shrub covered with white bottlebrush like flowers in July. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun to partial shade |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | prefers moist well drained soils, adaptable |
| Flowers | white, 4 petals, pink stamens, red anthers found on bottle brush shaped panicles and bloom in late June to July, nectar rich flowers attract birds and bees |
| Fruit | the protein rich nuts are consumed by small mammals, nuts can be toxic to humans |
| Leaves | opposite, palmately compound, 5-7 leaflets and dark green in summer turning to a yellow in the fall |
| Stems | lower branches can rest on the ground |
| Dimensions | Reaches 6-12 feet tall by equal or greater spread. |
| Propagation | seeds, root cuttings |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery) |
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