25 seeds per pack. A deciduous shrub native to eastern North America, producing dense clusters of small, round fruit that ripen to a deep purple-black. The berries have a dry, intensely astringent quality when eaten fresh, but are very high in antioxidants and when processed into juice, jam, wine, or dried fruit, are tasty and edible. Plants grow as upright, multi-stemmed shrubs reaching 1.8 to 3 m / 6 to 10 ft in height Also notable for its ornamental quality, with white spring flowers and vivid red-orange autumn foliage. Frost hardy to most zones, down to zone 3. #5145