I planted one last year and to my surprise saw flower buds yesterday, I got mine from One Green World and just put it in the ground and it seems to be doing fine so far, I also couldn't find any real info about this plant so time will tell.

I ordered one as well, so I guess we'll just both have to come back in a couple of years and let everyone know. It looked pretty interesting, I very rarely impulse buy plants.

I ordered one from One Green World last spring as well. I'll say one thing about it, it's the most precocious shrub I've ever seen here in my zone. Right now, when the grass is barely beginning to green, pussy willows and crocus are the only things in bloom, and daffodils are only poking about 2 to 3 inches above the ground, this dumb thing is leafing out quite noticeably. This is about 2 to 3 weeks earlier than anything else leafs out (the earliest thing I've found before this is Tartarian honeysuckle). I hope that we don't have a late artic snap that freezes it back, but I suspect it's a tough plant that would bounce back from it if it did happen.

Dennis
SE Michigan

Dennis - loved your description. You'll have to let us know if it flowers and berries, please!

A quick Google search yielded this info:
http://www.virtualplanttags.com/vpt.asp?pID=31869&co=410087&cID=671&pr=1

Fruit:
Color: Red, Orange, Purple
Season(s): Late Summer, Early Fall
[Michael) Dirr says: "Red, cherry-like, 1/2" long drupe that ripens in July, August and September and is effectively digested by birds. Color is actually more orange to purple than red. Supposedly edible, contains large amounts of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). Less sugar than most cultivated fruit plants."

And this one:
http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Prinsepia+sinensis

Edible Uses
Fruit - raw or cooked. Red and juicy. A pleasant sour taste, they can be eaten out of hand or made into jellies. The plum-shaped fruit is about 15mm long with one large seed.