Groundcover for dry sites. Clonal (forms small clumps of stems).It has deep red foliage in fall.

Understory tree. Can be trimmed to keep sized as a shrub. Accent shrub or can be trained as a hedge.

There is a natural dwarf form that is associated with xeric uplands.  I makes a nice, low-growing shrub in casual gardens. Good as a background or hedge plant that also attracts wildlife. Rain gardens or bioswales.