| General Description | Ideal plant for highway and hillside planting also good for screening. |
| ID Characteristic | A multi-trunked shrub attaining the size of a small tree. Leaves turn yellow in autumn. |
| Shape | Densely erect. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Bark is smooth, gray to light brown and is sometimes faintly reminiscent of cherry bark, with its pronounced lenticels. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Buds are imbricate, ovid-rounded, glabrescent with ciliate scales with colour ranging for green to brown. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are 4-8cm. long, thin and softly hairy. Often slightly lobulate, slighty pubescent above, dark green; autumn colour is yellow. |
| Fruit Description | Fruit is involucre shorter or only slightly longer than 2.5cm. |
| Colour Description | Leaves slightly pubescent above, dark green and pubescent beneath. |
