Flower Notes:
Red (Flowers are staminate and bloom in late spring, not ornamentally important)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Red (Shades of red to green fall foliage)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained, moist, slightly acidic soils; adaptable to many types of soils including slightly alkaline soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are simple, opposite, 3-6" in length and width, 5-lobed as well as 3-lobed in the center, dark green and slightly silver underneath with red petioles. Ashy brown bark. Fruitless.