| Shape | Small, slender, upright and rounded. |
| Landscape | Shrub borders, woodland gardens and lawn specimen. |
| Cultivation | Full sun and partial-shade. Moist, well-drained, acidic, organically rich soils. Flower buds and foliage is susceptible to late winter/early spring frost. |
| Notable Specimens | VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Ascending branches. The bark exfoliates on the trunks of older trees. |
| Leaf Description | Large, oval-rounded leaves that are 20 cm long. |
| Flower Description | Bell-shapped, fragrant flowers. Showy stamens that aooear in pendulous, terminal racemes about 20 cm long and appear in May-June. Flowers give way to drupes. |
| Colour Description | The flowers are white. The stamens is yellow. The bark is grey and as it matures reveals an orange inner layer. |
| Texture Description | The leaves appear velvety. The bark is smooth. |
