Flower Notes:
White (Showy, creamy-white 2" dia. bracts with flowers in spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Yellow (Excellent golden-yellow fall color)
Stem Notes:
Gold to orange winter stems
Fruit Notes:
Red (Clusters of glossy, bright crimson fruits that contrast nicely with the yellow fall foliage)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are opposite, simple, oval to ovate, dark green at 3-6" in length. Leaves have distinct veination best described as 6-7 vein pairs approaching the margin but never seeming to touch, sweeping toward the leaf tip. Stems turn yellow to gold to orange in the winter. Large terminal flower buds are shaped like a "Hershey's Kiss". Scaly bark resembles alligator hide.