Elaeocarpus decipiens produces dark green, lustrous, leathery foliage and makes a wonderful specimen evergreen upright growing shrub or small evergreen tree in the warm parts of the South. New emerging foliage has a bronze color.
Elaeocarpus decipiens (Japanese Blueberry) is a large evergreen shrub with glossy green foliage easily trimmed into a tree form. It's an excellent privacy screen choice. Showy fragrant blooms from summer to fall are followed by black berries in late fall-winter. Very ornamental effect from older leaves, which turn bright red. Tolerant of poor soils and desert sun and heat.