General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 6 to 19 feet
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Dye production
Erosion control
Flowering Tree
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 2-3 weeks
Other info: Soak for 24 hrs first. If the seed has not swollen, then scarify and soak again for 12 hrs
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Layering
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Siberian Pea Shrub
  • Siberian Pea Tree
  • Siberian Peatree

Photo Gallery
Location: Twisp
Location: Twisp
Date: May
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-07-02
Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2019-11-24
shiny stems and twigs
Location: Twisp
Location: Twisp
Date: July
Location: Botanical Garden of the University of Vienna
credit: Anna reg
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-07-02
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-02-28
Location: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois
Date: 2019-11-24
full-grown shrub in winter mode
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2015-05-21
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-27
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-08-27
Location: Twisp
Date: May
Location: Copenhagen Botanical Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date: 2014-07-06
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Dec 1, 2019 4:24 PM concerning plant:
    I remember one conventional nursery selling some in the 1980's in the Chicago, Illinois area, but I have not seen this species native to Siberia, Mongolia, and northern China hardly at all. It is not really a great ornamental shrub anyway. I don't see any purpose in it being in North America. Unfortunately, it has escaped cultivation in areas in Canada and the USA, especially out in the West, and it is listed as a noxious weed in some Midwestern states. The weeping cultivar is sold by few conventional nurseries still, including Monrovia, the huge company of nurseries along the West Coast. Once again, it is not a good ornamental and would be best to not continue it.
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