Habitat

• native to Japan
• hardy to zone 5

Habit and Form

• a deciduous shrub
• 8' to 15' tall
• width is just as great
• multistemmed
• slow growth rate
• medium texture

Summer Foliage

• alternate leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• ovate leaf shape
• 2" to 4" in length
• cordate leaf base
• dentate leaf margin
• dark green leaf color
• pubescent

Autumn Foliage

• yellow to golden fall color

Flowers

• yellow flowers
• fragrant
• 1" long racemes
• flowers early Spring

Fruit

• dehiscent capsule
• not ornamentally important

Bark

• brown, slender stems
• zigzag stem pattern
• lenticels

Culture

• readily transplanted from containers
• prefers moist, acidic, well-drained soil
• full sun
• prune after flowering

Landscape Use

• early flowers
• for fragrance
• massing or grouping
• border

Liabilities

• late frost can kill flower buds

ID Features

• a deciduous shrub
• large, greenish-brown, sessile buds
• zigzag stem pattern
• yellow, fragrant flowers
• alternate leaf arrangement
• cordate leaf base

Propagation

• by seed
• by cuttings

Cultivars/Varieties

• none