Flower Notes:
Pink;white (Dome-like 2-3" flower clusters emerging with unfolding leaves; reddish-pink in bud, opening to pink and fading to white with clove-like fragrance in early May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Gray-green velvety foliage in summer); Red (Inconsistent reddish fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Dull red fruits ripen to black in fall; seldom showy)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, well-drained, slightly acid soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves (2-4" long and wide) are opposite, simple, broad ovate, rounded at base, irregularly dentate, dull green with stellate (star-shaped) pubescence above and paler and pubescent below.
