Flower Notes:
White (3-4" wide fragrant flowers with 6 tepals in April)
Foliage Notes:
Purple (Bronze-purple tinged young leaves in the spring); Green (Dark green mature leaves in summer; no fall color change)
Fruit Notes:
Pink (2-3" long rose-colored fruit aggregate with red seeds)
Soil Notes:
Adaptable, but prefers well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.5-5" long by 0.6-2" wide) are alternate, simple, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, widest at the middle, and finely pubescent below, with acute to blunt apices and irregularly wavy wavy margins. Petiole is yellowish. Stems smell of lemon or anise when bruised. Bark is smooth and gray.