General Description | Low growing deciduous shrub, with colourful spring foliage and pink flowers in summer. Useful for ground cover or as a low growing informal hedge. |
ID Characteristic | The dwarf shrub comes out in the spring with showy bronzy-gold foliage turning to soft yellow-green in the summer and coppery-orange in autumn. Covered in light crimson flowers on a low mounded shape. |
Shape | Low, mounded. |
Notable Specimens | Weldon Library, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The Gardens of Fanshawe College (Woodland Perennial Garden), London, Ontario, Canada. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Leaf Description | Leaves in spring open in shades of yellow, orange and red in autumn and fading to pale green. |
Flower Description | Clusters of crimson flowers appearing at the end of stems. |
Colour Description | Foliage is bright golden changing to green, copper-orange in autumn and flowers are crimson in colour. |