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Landscape Uses:Border, Massing, Seashore, Specimen, Woodland garden. Succeeds in most moist soils in sun or partial shade. Plants do well in moist to wet soils but will also tolerate fairly dry sites. Succeeds in acid or limey soils. Grows well on the woodland edge. Plants can be grown in quite coarse grass, which can be cut annually in the autumn. Plants are hardy to at least -20°c. This is a polymorphic species, especially the form that grows in Japan. There are some named forms selected for their ornamental value, 'Kneiffii' is only half the size of the type species. Plants are fast-growing and form very large clumps. The flowers are sweetly perfumed. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. Special Features:Attractive foliage, Naturalizing, Wetlands plant.

Edible Parts: Leaves Edible Uses: Budlings, stems and young leaves - cooked. Some caution is advised, see the notes above on toxicity.

Plants form a dense growth that is very effective at holding invasive plants at bay. They can be used as a tall ground cover for large areas.

Heimisch: Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Amur, Arkansas, Austria, Belarus, British Columbia, California, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East Himalaya, England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland [I] (Ireland [I]); Norway [I]; Sweden [I]; Finland [I]; Germany (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Niedersachsen [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen [I], Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Spain (NE-Spain); Andorra; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; N-Greece (very rare Mt. Voras); Estonia [I]; Belarus; European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia (Chita, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye, Sakhalin); Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (Anatolia); Australia [I] (Queensland [I]); Canada (Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec); USA (Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia), France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Italy, Kamchatka, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, NW. Balkan Pen., Nepal, North America, North Carolina, North Caucasus, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South Carolina, Spain, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Yakutiya, Yukon Eingeführt: AU, Baltic States, Belgium, Central European Russia, DK, Delaware, Denmark, EE, England, Finland, Flemish Region, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, North European Russia, Northern Ireland, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Scotland, Sweden, Vermont, Wales, Walloon Region, Wisconsin