An upright viburnum when young then becoming as wide as tall at maturity. Branching is very stiff with lateral branching coming off of the main branching at 90° angles giving it what is referred to as a fish-bone pattern. Can be grown as a shrub or limbed up to as a multistemmed tree or even grown as a single stemmed ornamental tree. Grows 12-15' although very old plants can be larger which may be desirable when grown as an ornamental tree, making it no larger than many flowering crabapples. Summer foliage is a clean dark green with varying degrees of dull to a semi-glossy sheen. Flowers appearing in May are flat-topped cymes that are white with yellow stamens giving them a creamy appearance. Fruit is long, pinkish-rose changing to blue-black and very palatable with the taste of dried figs and once used in colonial times to make preserves. Fall foliage can be variable from a solid shiny red to reddiah-orange while others have red tones with a backdrop of yellow interior leaves giving it a glowing effect. Zone 3