Botanical Name: Caragana pygmaea
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Common Name: Pygmy Peashrub  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Summer, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Pygmy Peashrub is a deciduous, slow-growing, fine-textured shrub with a slighly pendulous habit, dark gray foliage, and spiny branches, eventually reaching 3 to 4 feet tall and wide. It has yellow, pea-shaped flowers in the spring, followed by brown pods. Fall color is yellow to yellow-green.