Flower Notes:
White (White panicles, changing to pink; June-September)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Yellow (Usually poor greenish-yellow fall color; sometime with an attractive red to purple tinge)
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Capsule; not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Rich, loamy, moist soils, but adaptable
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves simple, opposite or in whorls of 3's, ovate, 3-6" long and 1.5-3" wide, acuminate, rounded or tapered at base, toothed. Setose pubescent beneath, especially on veins. Older bark often peeling, exposing lighter grays.
