Flowers:
White (Fragrant, interesting, white cylindrical spikes in the spring)
Foliage:
Green (Handsome blue-green seashell-shaped summer foliage); Multi-Colored (Attractive fall foliage in a combination of reds, oranges, and yellows)
Fruit:
Brown (Two-valved, dehiscent capsules; not ornamentally important)
Soil:
Prefers acidic, slightly moist soil, but tolerant of many soils except quite alkaline
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate, simple, bluish-green, scallop-shaped 1-2.5" long leaves are tomentose below. Leaves of 'Jane Platt' are not as wide and are more elliptical than that of the straight species. Stems form a kind of zig-zag pattern.
