Grown as a single- or multi-trunked tree with a spreading crown and long-lasting, showy, white spring blooms. A lovely, small, flowering understory tree with short trunk and crown of spreading or nearly horizontal branches. Graceful, horizontal-tiered branching; red fruits; and scarlet-red fall foliage are other landscape attributes. One of the most beautiful eastern North American trees with showy early spring flowers, red fruit, and scarlet autumn foliage.