Size: shrub, 8-10' average height at maturity
Leaves: deciduous, opposite, 2-5" long, .5-2" wide, elliptic to ovate-oblong, acuminate tips and entire margins, dull dark green
Twigs: young shoots purplish, slightly downy or glabrous at maturity
Flowers: monoecious, panicles often in pairs from terminal bud pairs, each 4-6" long, thinly set with fragrant lilac purple flowers in May or June
