Predominant Flower Color:  Lavender

Flower/Truss Description:  Widely campanulate, pink to purplish lavender, crimson spots and basal blotch.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Early to Early Midseason

Foliage Description:  Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 7" long, white to grayish indumentum.

Plant Habit:  Erect shrub or small tree

Height:  5 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  5°F  ( -15°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Sub Genus:  Hymenanthes

Section:  Ponticum

Sub Section:  Argyrophylla

Geographical Origin:  China (Sichuan, Guizhou)

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.