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Hardiness is untested here and I’m guessing it is on the tender side but published reports indicate that it may be hardier than praecox. It is fantastic even as a winter bloomer in a cool conservatory. The combination of willow like leaves and pendant racemes of flowers is a definite winner

A large Chinese species that can reach 20’ or more after a great deal of time, it has been very slow for us with fantastic tricolor variegation, very showy but I doubt it will prove hardy here.

Bluish green lvs, compact plants, large quantities of eye catching pink berries in fall.

Catchy name, I’d rave about it if only I knew how it was supposed to be an improvement over the species, bigger flowers, better bark, whatever, if it wasn’t better why name it.