Size: shrub, 8-12' average height at maturity, 6-8' spread
Buds: flower buds in terminal clusters
Leaves: evergreeen, alternate (but may appear whorled), 1.25-3.5" long, .33-.75" wide, simple, narrow obovatish, margins crenate-serrate bronzy when emerging, later shiny dark green
Twigs: green to yellow-green
Flowers: monoecious, .25", urn-shaped, in pendulous clusters up to 6" long, bloom in spring
Fruit: 5-valved capsule, .25", persists into winter
Bark: gray to gray-brown, vertically fissured
