trefle.io · Taken May 31, 2021 by Drbušek Jan (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Siberian peatree
Caragana arborescens
Also known as Caragana arborescens var. dubia, Caragana arborescens var. marjanovii, Caragana arborescens f. nana, Caragana arborescens var. redowskii
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Hardy Shrub · Windbreak · Nitrogen Fixing · Yellow Flowers · Cold Hardy · Drought Tolerant · Hedge · Wildlife Shrub · Fabaceae · Northern Garden
Siberian peashrub is an exceptionally hardy deciduous shrub that tolerates cold, drought, wind, and poor soils with ease, making it ideal for challenging landscape sites. It produces cheerful yellow pea-like flowers in spring and is often used as a windbreak, hedge, or wildlife shrub in northern climates. Plant in full sun to partial shade, prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape, and enjoy its near-zero maintenance requirements.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry between waterings — extremely tolerant of dry and poor conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Illinois, Irkutsk, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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