{"id":6883,"date":"2014-11-06T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6883"},"modified":"2014-11-03T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2014-11-03T16:04:24","slug":"carolina-buckthorn-is-attractive-native-shrub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2014\/11\/06\/carolina-buckthorn-is-attractive-native-shrub\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Buckthorn Attractive Native Shrub\/Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6918\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rhamnus-caroliniana.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6918\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6918\" alt=\"Rhamnus carolinana (Photo from Southeastern Flora website)\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rhamnus-caroliniana-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rhamnus-caroliniana-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Rhamnus-caroliniana.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhamnus carolinana (Photo from Southeastern Flora website)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many native plant enthusiasts consider the Carolina Buckthorn, aka Indian cherry (<em>Rhamnus caroliniana<\/em>),\u00a0one of our\u00a0most underutilized native shrubs or small trees. It suffers\u00a0with a bad common name as it has no\u00a0thorns or spines.\u00a0This open,\u00a0slender branched shrub grows 12 to 15 feet high and 10 to 15 feet wide. (USDA hardiness zones 5-9).<\/p>\n<p>Bright green\u00a0leaves\u00a0remain on long into\u00a0autumn before eventually turning a blah yellow-green color.\u00a0In southern areas\u00a0much of the yellowed foliage holds through most of the winter. Spring flowers, mostly inconspicuous,\u00a0are followed by 1\/3 inch\u00a0diameter\u00a0green berries (drupes).<\/p>\n<p>High point for this shrub is its\u00a0brightly colored red fruits starting in late summer and eventually\u00a0ripen to black\u00a0in late September into October. Birds and other wildlife will devour the edible black\u00a0fruits in the fall and early winter. Main trunk(s) and branches flaunt a\u00a0smooth gray bark.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina Buckthorn should be grown in full sun on well-drained soil, acidic or alkaline. Specimens reaching\u00a025-30 feet can be found on\u00a0moist woodland sites. It\u00a0will\u00a0tolerate moderate dry spells.<\/p>\n<p>Buckthorns are rarely troubled by insect pests, but\u00a0individual plants may be\u00a0severely\u00a0setback by a crown rust and by\u00a0leaf spot diseases. Carolina buckthorn\u00a0is easily trained into a small tree suited for planting\u00a0under power lines.\u00a0Training a young\u00a0shrub into a small tree is not difficult. Plant several to form a hedge or thicket to shelter wildlife and provide them\u00a0a feeding station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many native plant enthusiasts consider the Carolina Buckthorn, aka Indian cherry (Rhamnus caroliniana),\u00a0one of our\u00a0most underutilized native shrubs or small trees. It suffers\u00a0with a bad common name as it has no\u00a0thorns or spines.\u00a0This open,\u00a0slender branched shrub grows 12 to 15 feet high and 10 to 15 feet wide. (USDA hardiness zones 5-9). Bright green\u00a0leaves\u00a0remain on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,398,657,1178,778,650,674,649,627,791,843,1059,601,777,630,705,646,7,113,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6883"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6937,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883\/revisions\/6937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}