Leaf: Opposite, simple, broadly ovate to elliptical, 3 to 5 inches long, coarsely toothed, pubescent on both surfaces, dark green, wrinkled surface.
Flower: Individuals small, creamy white in large (3 to 5 inches across) showy, flat-topped clusters, usually flowers very heavily in late spring to early summer.
Fruit: Bright red drupes, 1/3 inch long, ripening in late summer, persist into the winter where they appear as bright red raisins. In abundance they can be quite showy.
Twig: Slender, gray-brown, fuzzy, with small orange lenticels, buds are pubescent at tips and reddish brown.
Bark: Essentially smooth, gray-brown with prominent orange lenticels.
Form: Multi-stemmed shrub up to 10 feet tall and nearly as wide. |
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