Habitat

• native to North Carolina down through Georgia
• zone 4

Habit and Form

• a low growing , deciduous shrub
• 3' to 5' high and wide
• suckers
• medium coarse texture
• medium growth rate

Summer Foliage

• opposite leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• lanceolate leaf shape
• 2" to 6" long
• 1" to 3" wide
• sharply serrated leaf margin
• glabrous
• dark green leaf color, new growth bronze

Autumn Foliage

• no reliable color

Flowers

• pale yellow flowers
• 0.5" across
• borne in 2" to 3" cymes
• blooms in July through August

Fruit

• capsule
• brown

Bark

• brown, round stems
• 4 puberulent ridges at node
• striped bark

Culture

• full sun
• tolerant of most conditions
• prune in spring

Landscape Use

• foundation plant
• mass or group
• flowering effect
• shrub border
• for texture

Liabilities

• leaf spot
• aphids

ID Features

• superposed, sessile, buds with exposed scales
• opposite leaf arrangement
• yellow flowers
• lanceolate leaf shape

Propagation

• by softwood cuttings

Cultivars/Varieties

• none