Description
Medium-sized, bushy, frost tolerant, compact evergreen shrub (H 2-3 m, W 1,5-2 m). Leaves elongate egg-shaped to ovate (5-8 cm), with rounded tip, leathery, glossy, dark green, underneath light green. Flowers tiny, star-shaped (0,5 cm), cream white, intensely scented. Flowering period: May-June. Fruits light yellow to brown-yellow (1 cm), with small, fleshy, sticky, bright red seeds, decorative in winter. Ripening time: October-December. Not reliably hardy in central-european continental climate, best grown as a container-plant.