| General Description | A large shrub with rounded form often broader that it is high. |
| ID Characteristic | Unusual mist like flower covering in spring; like smoke. |
| Shape | Upright spreading. |
| Propagation | Seed requires 30-60 minutes of acid treatments (sacrification) followed by 3 months at 5°C. |
| Pests | Rusts, leafspot, leaf rollers and San Jose scale can attack this species. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Small. |
| Leaf Description | Alternate, simple, ovate to obovate, 3.5-8cm long, rounded |
| Flower Description | Sparse and not very large - rather ineffective |
| Fruit Description | A rather small 7mm wide, kidney-shaped, dry and reticulate drupe. |
| Colour Description | Late leafing - late April - medium blue-green in summer, yellow-red in autumn. |
| Texture Description | Medium in leaf, course in winter |
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