GENERAL DESCRIPTION

• ORIGIN: Korea, introduced in 1924.
• CLIMATE: Resistant to -15 ° C. Requires a protections the first years against the cold.
• EXPOSURE: Full sun and warm place, protect from winds, against a warm wall.
• SOIL: Ordinary, well drained. Not too dry and cool.
• GROWTH: Slow.
• PATHOLOGY: No known disease.
• MULTIPLICATION: By mid-August cuttings in July or by hardwood cuttings in October.
• PRUNING: After blooming, prune all branches to 1/4 of their length, over a vigorous bud, to force the plant to reform new shoots near the base.

GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

• DIMENSIONS: Height from 1m to 2m.
• HABIT: Arched shrub, can be guided as climbing.
• TRUNK: Multi stems.
• BRANCHES: Flexible and strongly arched.

LEAVES PHYSIOLOGY

• SHAPE: Simple, opposite, whole, oval, 5 to 7cm long.
• COLOR: Green, sometimes purple in autumn.
• NOTE: Caduque, similar to that of the Abelia. They appear after the leaves.

FLOWERS PHYSIOLOGY

• TIME: Winter flowering from February to April, depending on the region. The flowers appear before the leaves.
• FORM: Simple flowers with 4 soft petals, abundant all around the branches.
• COLOR: White, green button.
• NOTE: Perfumed. 

FRUITS PHYSIOLOGY

• SHAPE: Spherical samare with a single seed.
• COLOR: Green, sometimes pink in the center, then brown.
• SEEDS: Round and flat, single in a fruit.