| Shape | A spreading habit. |
| Landscape | Suitable for shrub border or for a woodland garden. |
| Propagation | By stem cuttings. |
| Cultivation | Grow in light moist but well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acidic soils. . Protect from drying winds.
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| Bark/Stem Description | Purplish-brown young branches. |
| Leaf Description | Simple ovate leaves which colour to pink and red before falling in autumn. |
| Flower Description | Stiff, pendent racemes of bell-shaped, greenish-yellow flowers borne on glossy, dark brown branches in winter and spring. |