Flower Notes:
White (Numerous flower clusters in May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy, dark gray-green, leathery foliage); Red (Rusty-red to yellow-red fall color)
Fruit Notes:
Red;black (Berries that change from green to red to black;late summer, often shriveling and persisting late into fall)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained soils, but is adaptable to various pH levels and dry, calcareous soils
Range:
Eastern China, Korea, and eastern Russia
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (1.6-4" long by 0.8-2" wide) are opposite, simple, and ovate to oblong-ovate with a leathery, wrinkled texture. New shoots are densely pubescent, becoming glabrous the following year.