Predominant Flower Color:  Red

Flower/Truss Description:  Campanulate, crimson to deep wine-red, fleshy, calyx small. Lax truss holds 3-12 flowers.

Fragrant:  No

Bloom Time:  Early

Foliage Description:  Leaves orbicular or ovate to elliptic, 1⅜" to 1¾" long.

Plant Habit:  Upright but compact shrub

Height:  3 feet in 10 years.

Cold Hardiness Temp:  5°F  ( -15°C)

Elepidote (E) or Lepidote (L):  E

Sub Genus:  Hymenanthes

Section:  Ponticum

Sub Section:  Thomsonia

Geographical Origin:  China (S Tibet)

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.