Eleutherococcus henryi
formerly
Acanthopanax henryi
Henry’s Aralia
5-7
China
Upright, multi-stemmed shrub.
8 to 10 feet tall.
Plants are
dioecious
. Flowers are greenish-white, borne in an umbel, 1.5 to 2 inches across and are not showy.
June-July
Dull, dark green with a rough surface.
Fall color is nonexistent, or a poor yellow-green.
‘Nana’ grows about 1/2 to 2/3 the size of the species and forms a solid, impenetrable thicket of upright, multispined, grayish stems.
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