Exochorda serratifolia

The Korean pearlbush is in the rose or Rosaceae family and originates in the Manchurian area of China and in Korea. It is an upright, outward-spreading, thinly-branched, spirea-like shrub 2.5 m tall with a slightly wider spread.

• Leaves are deciduous, elliptic, green, up to 7.4 cm long, with toothed margins from the middle of each leaf to the apex; leaves turn yellow in fall.
• Flower buds are pearl-like (hence the common name of pearlbush); flowers are white, star-shaped, 5-petaled, to 3.7 cm wide, arranged in terminal racemes; flowering is in April-May.