cascara buckthorn
Frangula purshiana
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size20 to 40 feet tall10 to 30 feet wide
- Habit
- Shrub , tree
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Dark green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Cascara buckthorn (Frangula purshiana) is a shrub for hedges, woodland gardens, and low maintenance planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It can grow as a large shrub or a small tree with a short trunk. Songbirds eat the berries, and so do bears, raccoons, and other mammals. If you cut the plant down, several sprouts grow from the stump.
Pairs well with Vine maple, Dwarf serviceberry, and Salal.
Native range
CA, ID, MT, OR, and 1 more places. See all 5
CA, ID, MT, OR, and WA; BC.