Flowers:
White (Greenish-white in summer; not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Lustrous dark to bright green semi-evergreen foliage that defoliates late)
Fruit:
Red (Pinkish-red fruits mature in fall to winter)
Soil:
Widely tolerant of soil type
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Thickish, semi-evergreen leaves (2-3" long) are opposite and elliptic to more rounded with crenate-serrate margins. Stems are slender green and rounded, turning straw brown in second or third year. Small imbricate buds are greenish often tinged in red in winter. Fruit capsule is pink, aril is orange-red.
