Description: Very old hybrid,introduced in 1835. Slow growing, bushy when young growing more treelike with age. Remarkably hardy, especially as it flowers so early. It has deep rose pink flowers.
Parentage: caucasicum x arboreum
Ultimate Height: 3.00 meters after 10 years
Flowering Period: This plants flowers in the North Hemisphere around February- March
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.)