Description: Deciduous shrub. Dark green leaves with net like veins below. Good autumn colour. Maroony purple flowers open before the leaves. Wild in Japan, growing on dry rocky slopes and stream sides.
Ultimate Height: 2.00 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around April
Availability: YES this item is normaly in stock, but due to exceptional demand or propagation difficulties there may be a temporary shortage.
Hardy in a sheltered site in most UK, Coastal France and northern Italy and Pacific Northwest gardens, but may be damaged in severest winters. Often early into flower and growth. (Please note.)