Flowers:
Cream (Yellowish-white flat-topped cymes (1.5-2.5" dia.) in spring)
Foliage:
Green (Summer foliage); Red-Violet (Dull reddish-purple fall foliage)
Fruit:
Multi-Colored (Blue berries with white blotches (beautiful before birds eat them))
Soil:
Grows well in a variety of situations, but prefers wet soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (2-4" long and half as wide) opposite, simple, elliptic-ovate or elliptic, usually rounded at base, dark green above and somewhat glaucous beneath, except for grayish-white or brownish hairs beneath. Leaves have 4-7 viens that sweep toward, but never contact, the leaf margin. Stems are purplish (no lenticels).
