Flower Notes:
White (Numerous flat-topped, 3-5" wide clusters (cymes) of small white flowers in May for up to two weeks)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dull, blue-green summer foliage); Red (Purplish-red fall foliage, of variable quality)
Fruit Notes:
Yellow;red;black (Very showy fruit display; fruits are yellow then red and ultimately black; often with all colors present on the same fruit cluster at one time; late summer to early autumn)
Soil Notes:
Prefers well-drained soils, and is tolerant of drought and alkaline soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
The leathery, wrinkled leaves (2-5" long by 1.5-4" wide) are opposite, simple, and ovate, with regular, slightly dentate margins and stellate hairs on the upper and lower surfaces. The buds are large, coarse, and naked with gray tomentose. Young stems have scruffy pubescence and mature stems have numerous lenticels.