| Shape | Loose bushy. |
| Landscape | Cottage and informal gardens, in fruit gardens or as a specimen. |
| Propagation | By hardwood cuttings. |
| Cultivation | Grow as a stolid busy in full sun in fertilized, moist but well-drained clay, loamy or sandy soils. |
| Pests | Gall mites, gall midges and aphids. |
| Notable Specimens | The Living Center, Delaware, Ontario, Canada |
| Habitat | Forest edges. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Smooth, semi-glossy woody bark. |
| Leaf Description | Palmately lobed, semi-glossy evergreen leaves with minor serration. |
| Flower Description | Terminal clusters of small, insignificant cup to bell-shaped flowers in spring. |
| Fruit Description | Small, glossy, edible round black currant berries that grow in clusters. |
| Colour Description | Medium green to dark green foliage, small white flowers, dark brown bark and stems and deep blue to black berries. |
| Texture Description | Medium. |
