Description

Growth Habit:
Can be grown as a multi-stemmed shrub or a small tree. 
Slow-growing and relatively compact, making it suitable for smaller gardens. 
Can be pruned to maintain a desired shape or to showcase the trunk. 
Flowers: 
Produce large, showy, star-shaped flowers in early spring.
Flowers are typically white, but can have a light pink tinge.
The flowers are lightly fragrant.
Blooms emerge before the leaves, making them vulnerable to frost damage.
Foliage: 
Leaves are oblong, medium to dark green, and emerge with a bronze color.
Leaves turn yellow in the fall.
Other Features: 
Native to Japan, introduced to the United States in the 1860s.
Prefers moist, organic, acidic soil and full sun.
Can be propagated by cuttings or seeds.