Pea Shrub
Caragana arborescens. FABACEAE (formerly LEGUMINOSAE).
Planting and Growing Pea Shrub
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow pea shrub in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, seed pods, and seeds of pea shrub
- Growing conditions for pea shrub
- When and where to plant pea shrub
- How to plant pea shrub
- How to shape, prune and control growth of pea shrub
- Watering, fertilizing, and care of pea shrub
- Landscape uses of pea shrub
- Pest and disease control for pea shrub
Growing Pea Shrub
Several varieties of fast-growing, bushy, thorny, deciduous small trees, 6–20 ft. (1.8–6 m) tall, depending on variety, with shiny, yellow green leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, with 3–6 paired, oval leaflets.
Pea Shrub Planting and Care Guide
Flowers and Seeds
Showy, sweetpealike, yellow flowers, to 7/8-in. (22-mm) long, in small clusters, form brown, bean- or pealike seedpods in spring.
Best Climates
U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zones 2–8. Hardy.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained, sandy loam. Fertility: Average–poor. 6.5–8.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Full sun. Space 5–6 ft. (1.5–1.8 m) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep moist; allow soil surface to dry between waterings until established. Fertilize annually in spring. Prune after bloom. Propagate by cuttings, division, grafting, layering, seed.
About This Species
Good choice for accents, barriers, borders, hedges, screens, windbreaks in arid, mountain, woodland gardens and landscapes. Drought tolerant. Deer, rodent and pest, disease resistant.