Flower Notes:
Creamy white (sometimes light pink) flowers bloom in large, terminal panicles (18-24” long) atop stems rising well above the foliage. Flowers are fragrant and showy.
Foliage Notes:
Resembling the leaves of an Aesculus (horsechestnut), these leaves are large, crinkled, coarsely-toothed, palmate, and dark green with bronze tinting. Each leaf has 7 leaflets.
Stem Notes:
When young, the stems are covered with coarse brown hairs.
Fruit Notes:
Small capsule that transforms from summer flowers into striking clusters of bright red or brown berries in autumn. They persist through winter to provide visual interest.
Soil Notes:
Leaf margins may brown if soils dry out.
Range:
Native to moist woods and stream banks in China.
