Habitat

• native to eastern China
• hardy to zone 4

Habit and Form

• widespreading, deciduous shrub
• irregular, rounded form
• up to 10' tall, with and equal or greater width
• medium texture
• fast growth rate

Summer Foliage

• opposite, simple leaves
• simple, deciduous leaves
• elliptic leaf shape
• 1" to 3" long
• dull blue-green leaf color

Autumn Foliage

• no fall color
• leaves drop green

Flowers

• creamy, white flowers
• fragrant, lemon-scented
• blooms in early spring
• not showy

Fruit

• deep red berries
• 0.33" in diameter
• matures in mid-summer

Bark

• glabrous, slender reddish brown to purplish stems
• flaking
• twiggy habit

Culture

• easy to grow
• easily transplanted
• prefers loamy, well-drained, moist soil
• full sun to partial shade
• prune after flowering

Landscape Use

• barrier
• screen or hedge
• massing or grouping
• for fragrance of flowers

Liabilities

• powdery mildew
• leaf spot
• fall webworms

ID Features

• imbricate, sessile buds, somewhat pubescent
• buds have 4 ranked scales
• lemon-scented flowers
• opposite leaf arrangement
• small red fruit
• no fall color

Propagation

• by cuttings
• by seed

Cultivars/Varieties

• none