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Desert olive
Forestiera pubescens
Colorado
- Synonyms
- Forestiera neomexicana
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.0 ft. to 15.0 ft.
Spread: 6.0 ft. to 8.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Grassland Birds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Urban Birds, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- April, May
- Flower Color
- Inconspicious
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Screening
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species has separate female and male plants. Be sure to plant one of each to get fruit. The fruit is popular with birds, especially Cedar Waxwings.