SUNLIGHT

• Full sun (6 - 8 hours)

GROWTH

• 4 - 15 ft tall

• 6 - 8 ft spread

• Bunches of shoots

WATER

• Are fairly drought tolerant once established but ideal is 1 - 2 inches per week during the growing and fruiting season.

BLOSSOM SEASON

• April to June

POLLINATOR

• Birds and butterflies

PREFERED SOIL

• Well drained dry soils

FERTILIZER

• None required

MEDICINAL

• Topical use: boiled cambium of plant used as a disinfectant

• Juice: used to cure stomach ailments and as a mild laxative

DYES

• Soft purple

WHY CHOSEN

• We chose this plant primarily for its berry producing ability and the fact that it is one of the Four Food Chiefs for the Syilx First Nations and grows naturally through out the Okanagan.