| Scientific Name: | Rhodotypos scandens |
| Common Name: | black jetbead |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Spring interest, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Apr-May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Drupe, Black, Jul-Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite (very rare in the Rosaceae!), double serrated, heavily veined; flowers solitary, white to 3-4cm across; fruit an aggregate of (mostly) 3-5 black drupes that persist year-long. | |