Flower Notes:
White (Creamy-white, rounded cymes in late spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Attractive, leathery, dark glossy green summer foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Blue (Abundant blue berries in fall; attractive to birds)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils, but is adaptable
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The thick, leathery, glossy leaves are opposite, simple, somewhat rounded, 2-4.5" long and 1-4" wide, coarsely dentate, often with hairs in the axils underneath. Small, lower bud scale forms a V-shaped notch. The inflorescence is subtended by prominent bracts.
