Needs soils with lots of organic matter and moist. Take full sun or half shade. Needs protection from drying winds and requires summer water. May go cold deciduous. Has a broad spreading dome shaped canopy.
Outer branches tend to be pendulous.
Bark is smooth and normally single trunked. Leaf is simple, alternate bud arrangement, with an undulating margin and an extended apex. Color is lime green on new growth and dk green on older leaves. Foliage is shiny. Flowers are inconspicuous.