A small shrub growing 3-4' but with the potential to grow larger depending on site location and the zone in which it is grown.  Form is multistemmed and vase shaped with a rounded crown.  Leaves are 2-3" long and 1¼ to 1¾" wide, glabrous and evergreen.  Leaves first emerge bronze to purple, eventually turning dark green and finally bronze-purple-green in winter.  Occasionally leaves will appear in a whorled fashion (3 to a node).  Flowers in late May to early June are small, greenish-white and displayed in an open inflorescence.  Fruit is less than a ¼" and steel blue.  Tolerates partial shade.  Native to the Himalayas.  Zone 7