Flowers:
White (Very showy, fragrant creamy white flowers in 6-12" panicles in August)
Foliage:
Green (Medium green foliage in spring changing to dark green in summer; poor fall color)
Fruit:
Green ("String of pearls"-like fruit is green 2-4" pod changing to yellow brown in fall)
Soil:
Widely adapted to soils, but grows best in moist, fertile, well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
7-17, 1-2" long, leaflets in pinnately compound leaves with entire margins. Smooth stem is green, slender, and swollen at nodes. Wooly black buds are partially concealed within leaf scar.