| Plant Habit: | Shrub |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 4-8 feet |
| Plant Spread: | 6-10 feet |
| Leaves: | Deciduous Other: Leaves emerge bronze-purple shades, mature to blue-green and turn yellowish-green in fall. |
| Fruit: | Other: 2-celled capsule, each cell containing two seeds. |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Yellow Other: 2 inch long drooping racemes bearing lemon-yellow flowers with red to purple anthers |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late winter or early spring Spring |
| Uses: | Windbreak or Hedge |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Hummingbirds |
