Alnus rubra 7gal Red Alder moonlight Yukon Belle Firethorn

Yukon Belle Firethorn

Deep blue flowers in late summer and early fall

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Dark red stems in winter

starting out primarily green

Alnus rubra 7gal Red Alder moonlight Yukon Belle FirethornRed Alder. Wavy, toothed, green leaves with revolute margins. Long catkins in spring. Small, brown, cone like strobiles persist through winter. Likes wet soil. Red Alder hosts a kind of bacteria called Frankia in nodules on its roots. Frankia has a symbiotic relationship with Alder: the tree receives nitrogen in the form of ammonia converted from atmospheric nitrogen by the bacteria, and the bacteria receives carbon and energy sources from the tree in