▁with ▁E ry th r ina ▁l ys ist emon . ▁Flow ers ▁are ▁abund ant ▁and ▁sweet - sc ented , ▁usually ▁white ▁but ▁occasionally ▁pale ▁p ink . ▁Flow ers ▁( 1 5 – 2 0   mm ▁diameter ) ▁incon sp ic uous ▁round ▁f ruits ▁form ▁at ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁the ▁brown , ▁dead , ▁persistent ▁pet als . ▁Wood ▁is ▁bl u ish - gre y , ▁dense , ▁hard ▁and ▁extremely ▁t ough , ▁and ▁was ▁sought ▁after ▁during ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁building ▁w ag ons ▁and ▁carri ages . ▁ ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁cultiv ated ▁dom bey as ▁are ▁shr ubs ▁with ▁attract ive ▁p ink ▁or ▁white ▁flowers ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁D . ▁rot und ifolia , ▁such ▁as ▁Dom be ya ▁burg ess iae ▁or ▁Dom be ya ▁aut umn alis ; ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁described ▁when ▁its ▁habit ▁of ▁flow ering ▁during ▁aut umn ▁became ▁apparent . ▁ ▁Cult iv ation ▁and ▁uses ▁It ▁is ▁dr ought ▁and ▁fro st ▁toler ant , ▁it ▁is ▁popular ▁with ▁be e keep ers ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁high ▁ne ct ar ▁production ▁that ▁attract s ▁a ▁mult itude ▁of ▁be es ▁and ▁but ter f lies . ▁Its ▁flowers ▁in ▁show y ▁prof use ▁displays ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁highly ▁val ued ▁orn amental ▁tree . ▁It ▁produces ▁a ▁good ▁tim ber ▁with ▁a ▁grey ish - blue ▁heart wood ▁and ▁suitable ▁for ▁wood working . ▁F resh ly - cut ▁tim ber ▁has ▁a ▁strong ▁a