Predominant Flower Color:  White, Pink

Flower/Truss Description:  Funnel-campanulate, white to rose, often flushed pink, spotted crimson. Truss holds 10-20 flowers.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Late Midseason

Foliage Description:  Leaves elliptic to broadly ovate-lanceolate, up to 5" long, with whitish indumentum turning red-brown and splitting into patches at maturity.

Plant Habit:  Compact, rounded shrub.

Height:  3 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  0°F  ( -18°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Sub Genus:  Hymenanthes

Section:  Ponticum

Sub Section:  Taliensia

Geographical Origin:  China (SE Tibet, NW Yunnan, SW Sichuan)

Glossary of plant description terminology.
Note: Bloom time and 10 year height information are approximate and can vary dependent on weather and growing conditions.
Cold hardiness temperature is also an approximate value.