Caragana sinica - Chinese pea shrub

Chinese pea shrub (Caragana sinica) is a nitrogen-fixing deciduous shrub of cold semi-arid and cool-temperate China, its edible flowers and medicinal root used in traditional Chinese and Korean herbalism.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹
• Full sun¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer¹

Footnotes

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