Shrub to 3 metres with small oval leaves shiny green above, white-felted beneath. Flowers small, pinkish or white followed by bright orange-red berries. There are numerous cultivars and precise identification can be difficult.

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Occurs as an escape from cultivation, often close to human habitation.

Flowers in June.

Semi-evergreen shrub.

Occasional but widespread as an escape from cultivation in Britain.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.