Description
Small, compact, densely growing evergreen shrub (H 1,2-1,5 m, W 1-1,5 m). Branches upright to slighly arching, dense, thorny. Leaves broadly ovate (2-3 cm), leathery, with a spiny margin, smooth, glossy, dark green. Flowers in numerous dense inflorescence, light yellow, strongly scented. Flowering period: May. Fruits ovate (0,8 cm), fleshy, smooth, black-red, with blue bloom. Ripening time: October-November, fruits eventually persist on the branches long into winter. Attracts butterflies, bees and birds. Undemanding shrub, it grows well in different soil-types, also in poor, dry, sandy soils; in distinctly sunny to slightly shady sites.