Description

Family: Adoxaceae
Zone: 6 – 9
Natural Range: China
Soil: Average, humus rich
Light: Part shade
Height: 8
Pest Resistance: Deer
Bloom Time: April to May
Attributes: Evergreen.  Gray-brown bark.  Reddish new stems.  Lustrous, leathery, linear-lanceolate leaves with raised midvein.  White flowers in umbel-like cyme.  Small metallic blue fruit.
Notes: A hard to find and attractive small scale shrub.