Flower Notes:
Cream (Creamy white flowers in May in 3-6" dia. flat-topped clusters that completely mask the foliage)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous, dark green, clean looking summer foliage); Purple (Ashy-purple fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Bright red berries change to black, appearing first in August persisting through October (if not already eaten by birds))
Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils, but prefers moist well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves opposite, simple 2-5" long by 1.5-3" wide, coarsely crenate-serrate, with stellate pubescence on veins beneath. Crushed leaves have fetid smell. Large, 4-sided, slightly pubescent buds.
