Description: Lovely evergreen species having graceful bronzy red new foliage, which colour may last through the summer. Deep primrose flowers of the azalea type in early spring. Very easily grown and highly recommended.
Ultimate Height: 3.0 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around March - April
Somewhere between 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. AND Hardy in all but the coldest parts of Pacific Northwest and UK, France and northern Italy, around Bergen (Norway) and mildest parts of NE USA such as Cape Cod and parts of Long Island. (Please note.)