Flower Notes:
White (Creamy-white flowers in 2-4" dia. flat-topped cymes in May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Attractive, dark glossy green summer foliage); Red (Often has an outstanding rich-red fall color)
Stem Notes:
Gray/Silver (angular, smooth, glabrous)
Fruit Notes:
Black (Blue-black berries in fall; attractive to birds)
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to different soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are opposite, simple, somewhat rounded, 2-4.5" long and 1-4" wide, coarsely dentate, often with hairs in the axils underneath. Small, lower bud scale forms a V-shaped notch.