Alnus rubra 7gal Red Alder locallymade Water: Allow to dry out

Water: Allow to dry out slightly in between watering

buff-colored plumes in summer

silvery-white

Evergreen shrub or groundcover

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Alnus rubra 7gal Red Alder locallymade Water: Allow to dry outRed 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