Habitat

• native to Japan
• hardy to zone 4

Habit and Form

• a deciduous shrub
• mounded appearance
• densely branched
• arching branches
• somewhat unkempt appearance, suckers
• coarse texture
• 3" to 6" with a much greater width
• fast growth rate

Summer Foliage

• opposite leaf arrangement
• simple leaves
• 2" to 4" long and 1" to 2" wide
• sharp, double serration
• bright green leaf color
• coarse texture leaves

Autumn Foliage

• pale yellow fall color

Flowers

• white flowers, 4-petals
• 1.5' diameter
• 4-lobed calyx persists
• blooms early June

Fruit

• drupe found 3 to 4 in a group
• 0.33' in diameter
• glabrous and hard
• shining black
• ripen in October
• persist through winter

Bark

• peeling and nondescript
• usually covered by dense twigs

Culture

• easily transplanted
• soil adaptable
• full sun to shade
• pH adaptable

Landscape Use

• for adverse conditions
• for interesting flowers and fruit
• for naturalistic area
• shady areas
• shrub border
• massing

Liabilities

• suckers
• unkempt appearance

ID Features

• buds are imbricate, brownish green
• buds are slightly stalked
• opposite leaf arrangement, simple leaves with sharp, double serration
• 2" to 4" long and 1" to 2" wide
• wider than tall, suckers
• persisting calyx
• fruits in groups of 4

Propagation

• by softwood cuttings
• by seed

Cultivars/Varieties

• none