A noble, medium-sized tree from Western North America. Grey branches in pleasing horizontal pattern. Blooms on bare branches in spring, sometimes again on leafy ones in late summer; flowers ringed by four to eight bracts, up to 7 cm. long, rounded and pointed white or tinged pink. Oval, 7 – 12 cm. green leaves turn yellow, pink, and red in autumn, decorative red fruit in buttonlike clusters in autumn. Not recommended for poor, shallow chalk soils.