Blooms in Feb. or March. White fragrant flowers with five-petal star shape, appear throughout the year followed by fruit. Flowers may be yellow, bright yellow, egg-yolk yellow, deep yellow, or gold. Leaves are usually divided into leaflets and different species range from dark green to gray leaves. One of the showiest flowering shrubs.
Glossy leaves varies somewhat in size and texture depending on variety.
Summer flowers can be single or double ranging from 10-20 cm wide. Can be trimmed to look like a tree. Leaves leathery, shiny, dark green, rounded at edges with a ridge down the middle vein. Clusters of creamy white flowers form at branch tips in early spring and smell like orange blossoms. Shrub with opposite, toothed, purplish leaves that drop if it becomes too dry.