Variation
var. chinensis this tree has grey-green leaves with entire margins and produces tapering bracts that are creamy white turning to reddish pink. 

Cultivars
'China Girl'
This plant is the same as the species but free flowering when young.

'Gold Star'
This shrub grows to 2.5m (8ft) tall and 2m (6ft) wide with dark green leaves that are yellow marked in the centre and turn red with purple margins during autumn. The flowers have white bracts that become pinkish. 

'Milky Way'
This plant is the same as the species but produces profuse flowers and fruit.

'Satomi'
This showy upright shrub has leaves that turn dark red purple during autumn and produces masses of flowers with deep pink bracts.

'Snowboy'
This plant grows to 2.5m (8ft) and has green leaves with broad white margins and turns pink-red during autumn.