Flower Notes:
Pink (Deep, rich pink inflorescence)
Foliage Notes:
Red (Newly emerging growth is brownish-red in the spring); Green (Blue-green summer foliage); Red (Wine red to reddish-purple fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Dry follicle; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained, loamy soils but adaptable
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Simple, alternate, 1-3" long, lanceolate leaves, are sharply and doubly serrate, and more pale green underneath. The polished, rich brown stems are narrow and slightly angled.