Devil's Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Devil's walking stick is a fiercely spiny large shrub or small tree topped in summer with huge clouds of white flowers, then purple-black berries for birds. Bold, suckering, and architectural.
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 10–20 ft
- Spacing
- 6–10 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV