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This deciduous, perennial shrub usually grows 4 to 16 inches tall. It blooms bunches of showy, white flowers and dark red-purple fruit, and grows in full sun to partial shade and in dry, sandy soils. Sand Cherry attracts birds and pollinators such as bees.
May Attract
Great Lakes Sand Cherry is thought to attract these families of birds
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