Description
Medium-sized, upright, fast growing deciduous shrub (2-3 m). Young shoots in winter bright red (winter interest), orange-yellow in spring and summer. Leaves broadly ovate (5-12 cm), dark green, autumn colour apricot to light orange. Flowers tiny, white, numerous, in umbels (up to 10 cm). Flowering period: May-June. Fruit round (6-8 mm), blue-black. Attracts birds. Suitable for planting on slopes, to reduce soil-erosion. Wide-spreading. Very tolerant of cold, drought, diseases and polution.