Buckthorn Fine Line, Ron Williams, Proven Winners 3 Gallon

Fine Line(R) Fern Leaf Buckthorn
Rhamnus frangula 'Ron Williams'

Height:  7 feet

Spread:  3 feet

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade

Hardiness Zone:  3b

Other Names:  Alder Buckthorn

Brand:  Proven Winners

Description:

A rather attractive columnar garden shrub with finely cut foliage for an overall fine, wispy appearance, excellent for textural effect in a garden composition; very hardy, tough and adaptable; non-invasive as the seeds of this cultivar are not viable

Ornamental Features
Fine Line(R) Fern Leaf Buckthorn is primarily valued in the landscape or garden for its rigidly columnar form. It has attractive green deciduous foliage. The deeply cut ferny leaves are highly ornamental and turn yellow in fall.

Landscape Attributes

Fine Line(R) Fern Leaf Buckthorn is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. It lends an extremely fine and delicate texture to the landscape composition which can make it a great accent feature on this basis alone.
This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Fine Line(R) Fern Leaf Buckthorn is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Accent
Vertical Accent
Mass Planting
Hedges/Screening
General Garden Use
Container Planting
Planting & Growing

Fine Line(R) Fern Leaf Buckthorn will grow to be about 7 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is very adaptable to both dry and moist locations, and should do just fine under average home landscape conditions. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America, and parts of it are known to be toxic to humans and animals, so care should be exercised in planting it around children and pets.