Predominant Flower Color:  White

Flower/Truss Description:  Funnel-campanulate, white, sometimes pink, spotted purple. Ball-shaped truss has 10-20 flowers.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Early Midseason

Foliage Description:  Leaves narrowly obovate to elliptic, up to 4½" long, upper surface shiny, lower surface with reddish-brown indumentum.

Plant Habit:  Compact shrub to upright, straggly small tree

Height:  4 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  -5°F  ( -21°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Sub Genus:  Hymenanthes

Section:  Ponticum

Sub Section:  Taliensia

Geographical Origin:  China (SW Sichuan, NW Yunnan)

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.