Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous dark green); Red (Brilliant red fall color)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained, acidic soils; does not tolerate high pH
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are alternate, ovate to elliptic, 4-7.5" long and wide, entire margin, but sometimes remotely toothed, glossy (waxy) upper and dull on the lower surface. Leaves form on slow growing spurs. Three distinct vascular bundles in leaf scars. Buds are vari-colored. Chambered pith.