Simply prune back any leggy growth, to create a nice symmetrical habit of growth. The two varieties generally grown here are japonica and reevesiana. This variety needs a male pollinizer in order to set berries. Male plants are slightly larger than female plants, attaining heights of up to five feet at maturity. They have much large flower cluster too.
Female plants bear berries when a male pollinizing plant is present.
Flowers in the early stages of bloom may be tinged pink, but soon open white and are fragrant. Oval shaped leaves are two to four inches long. In addition to the red berried varieties, there is one that produces white berries. A very attractive dwarf variety that seldom attains a height of over two feet, and a width of two to three feet. The major benefit of this variety is that it is self-pollinating, so only one plant is needed set berries.