Flower Notes:
Red/Pink (Reddish-purple buds; Whitish pink flowers in May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Green summer foliage; Poor fall color)
Stem Notes:
Brown/Gray stems with prominent lenticels
Fruit Notes:
Brown (Not ornamentally important)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils; does well on alkaline soils (pH 6.5-8.0)
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are simple, opposite, 0.75-1.75" long and not as wide, slightly undulating, elliptic-ovate to ellipticobovate, glabrous and glossy above but pubescent on the veins below. Two parallel veins run from the base nearly to the apex.
