Flower Notes:
White (Abundant, malodorous, small white flowers in compound corymbs in May and early June)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy semi-evergreen to evergreen foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Orange (Numerous bright orange pomes of 0.25-0.4" dia. appear in September and persist into winter)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The lustrous leaves (up to 2.5" long) are lanceolate to elliptical and crenulate-serrulate. Stems have up to 0.75" long spines.