Plant Profile

Caragana arborescens (Siberian peashrub)

a large multi stemmed shrub that is deciduous with upright branching that grows to 5m. It is native to Siberia and has compound bright green leaves and yellow flowers that bloom singly or in cluster in early may as well as yellowish green pods that turn brown in summer

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Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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Plant type: Shrub
Origin: Manchuria and Siberia
Heat Zones: 1 to 8

Hardiness Zones: 2 to 7
Uses: Screen, Hedge, Border Plant, Container, Windbreak
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Round, Columnar, Upright

Canopy Symmetry: Irregular

Canopy Density: Medium

Canopy Texture: Fine

Height at Maturity: 3 to 5 m

Spread at Maturity: 1.5 to 3 meters

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Alternate

Leaf Persistance: Deciduous

Leaf Type: Even Pinnately compound

Leaf Blade: Less than 5

Leaf Shape: Ovate

Leaf Margins: Entire

Color(growing season): Green

Color(changing season): Green, Yellow
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Color: Yellow

Seasons: Spring
Trunk

Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked

Trunk esthetic Values: Showy, Colored
Fruit

Fruit Type: Legume

Fruit Showiness: Yes

Fruit Size Range: 1.5 - 3

Fruit Color: Green, Brown

Seasons: Spring

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Andrew Butko [GFDL 1.3 (www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Anna reg (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 at (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
By A. Barra (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Ninjatacoshell (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Requirements

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Water Requirements: Moderate, Low

Light Requirements: Full
Management

Edible Parts: None

Plant Propagation: Seed, Cutting, Grafting