Habitat

• native to China and Japan
• hardy to zone 4

Habit and Form

• a deciduous shrub
• 4' to 5' tall
• 3' to 4' wide
• multi-stemmed and shaggy
• medium texture
• moderate growth rate

Summer Foliage

• alternate leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• oblong to lanceolate leaf shape
• serrulate leaf margin
• pubescent midrib
• stipules with gland-lined serrations
• light green leaf color

Autumn Foliage

• not ornamentally important

Flowers

• pink or white flowers
• single or double blooms
• blooms in April
• showy

Fruit

• dark red fruit
• drupe
• 0.5" across
• rare

Bark

• not ornamentally important

Culture

• full sun to part shade
• soil tolerant
• moderately drought tolerant

Landscape Use

• massing or grouping
• for spring flowers
• container
• patio plant

Liabilities

• gets lost in summer landscape
• tent caterpillars

ID Features

• deciduous shrub
• alternate leaf arrangement
• serrulate leaf margins
• stipules with gland tipped serrations
• pink or white flowers
• dark red, round, fleshy fruit

Propagation

• cultivars by cuttings

Cultivars/Varieties

'Alba' - This form bears single white blooms.

'Alba Plena' (also listed as 'Alboplena') - This selection has double white flowers.

'Lawrence' - An unusual cultivar, this selection single white-pink blooms.

'Rosea Plena' (also known as 'Sinensis') - This plant offers double pink flowers and is very common in the trade.