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Distribution:  Korea. Introduced in 1902.

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Hardiness Zone:  USDA Zones 4 or 5 to 7 or 8       (view USDA zone map)

Size:   4-8 ft. tall, with a similar spread.

Form:   Deciduous. Relatively dense, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub with upright branching.

Bark:   Older stems display characteristic fissuring.

Stem/Bud:   New growth is somewhat scurfy. Buds are naked, foliose, hairy.

Leaves:   Leaves are opposite, broadly ovate and toothed, 1-4 inches long, darker green above than below, very velvety and pubescent on both surfaces.

Fall Color:   Fall color is red to wine-red, but not consistent.

Flower:   Flowers are pink in bud, opening white, extremely fragrant, borne on a rounded cyme, 2-3 inches across, in late April - early May.

Fruit:   Fruit is a drupe, red turning to black, in Aug. - Sept. Never plentiful or showy.

Uses:   Fragrant shrub, specimen, border, foundation.

Problems:      Bacterial leaf spot can be a problem.

Culture:   Well-drained slightly acid soil; full sun to partial shade. Not very hardy(trial in USDA Zone 4) in Minnesota, flowers often killed by late spring frosts.

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Notes:    Grown for its fragrant flowers. Not very hardy in Minnesota, flowers often killed by late spring frosts.

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                 'Compactum'

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