I can answer all but one of your questions. They can get very large but are easily comtrolled with pruning. They are beautiful in fall. I did see them for sale down here so they might turn. Since the change in the fall foilage is part of their natural cycle I bet they would toun but maybe not as vividly. They are members of the Eunonymus family and are hard in zone 8. They are deciduous however, so they do lose their leaves. I agree thay are very handsome. Sally
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Sally Bowron
Cincinnati, Ohio; Osceola Hills at Soaring Eagle, TV
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