Flower Notes:
Cream (Attractive creamy-white (due to yellow stamens) in 2-4" dia. cymes in May)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Glossy summer foliage); Red-Violet (Red, deep purple, to scarlet fall foliage)
Stem Notes:
Gray/Silver (smooth, relatively thin)
Fruit Notes:
Pink;black (Rose-pink changing to blue-black edible berries; fall)
Soil Notes:
Widely tolerant of different soils
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, simple, 1.5-3.5" long and 1-2" wide with serrulate margins. Distinct lead colored (gray-purple) buds (0.5" long). Flower buds are sharp pointed and have a bulbous base.