Flower Notes:
White (Very showy panicles of double white flowers in spring; long lasting)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark, coarse, green compound leaves in the summer; no appreciable fall color)
Soil Notes:
Widely adaptable to soils, except those that are very dry
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Opposite, palmately compound leaves usually have 7 sessile, serrate leaflets (4-10" long by 2-5" wide) with a rusty tomentose on the bottom. Petiole is 3-5" long. Huge shield-shaped leaf scars. Large sticky terminal buds are reddish-brown.