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Can become a very long-living tree or stay, if pruned, a shrub like plant, very good in hedges. Branches are horizontal with smaller drooping branchlets. Brown-red bark. Shiny dark green foliage, with a darker underside, of 1-4cm long and 0.3-0.4cm large. Red berries of 1cm in diameter with toxic seeds. Tolerates poor, dry and chalky soils, and the shade. Appreciated in french-style gardens. Good cover for wild animals.