| General Description | Vigorous medium-sized deciduous shrub. |
| Shape | Simple, occasionally lobed, leaves and short tubular yellow flowers. |
| Landscape | Shrub borders, mass plantings, screening. Used primarily for its showy early spring bloom. |
| Propagation | Seeds will germinate without a pretreatment but one to two months at 5 C° appears to improve and unify germination. |
| Cultivation | Grows in moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. |
| Pests | Bullfinches and capsid bugs. Prone to galls. |
| Notable Specimens | The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Imbricate, conical and light yellow-brown with a tinge of green. Several buds borne together in the axils and usually loosely scaled. |
| Leaf Description | 7.5 - 12.5 cm long, opposite, simple and toothed, usually on the upper half. Medium to dark green above and lighter below. |
| Flower Description | 3 - 3.5 cm long, pale to deep yellow colour, scentless and contains a 4-lobed corolla. |
| Fruit Description | Dehiscent, two-celled, brown capsule, .85 cm long, often encapsulating many winged seeds. |
| Colour Description | Leaves are medium to dark green in the summer, changing to green or yellow-green in autumn, sometimes with a tinge of purple. |
| Texture Description | Medium in leaf, coarse in winter. |
