| Scientific Name: | Oemleria cerasiformis |
| Common Name: | Oso berry, Indian plum |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 3 - 5m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Fragrance, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Summer interest, Wildlife food, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Rugose, Pubescent, Distinctive smell, Lanceolate, Oblong, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Raceme, White, Yellow, Green, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Blue, Red, Black, Jun-Jul |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Upright, deciduous shrub 1-5m tall; leaves alternate, oblong to oblanceolate, most blades 9-12cm long x 6-8cm wide, margin entire, glossy, dark green/softly hairy, gray-green beneath, held upright, cucumber-like smell, petioles 5-10mm long; usually dioecious, female flowers yellowish to greenish-white, petals white, bell-shaped, scented, hanging from leaf axils, 5-10 per raceme; drupes oval, 8-10mm long, orange-red maturing blue-black, edible. Winter ID: bark bitter tasting; twigs with chambered pith and orange lenticels; buds pointed 4-14mm long, red. | |