Description
Small, upright, compact, slow growing evergreen shrub (H 1-1,2 m, W 1-1,4 m). Crown flattened spherical, broad, dense. Leaves ovate (2-4 cm), leathery, glossy, dark green. Flowers very numerous, in dense terminal inflorescence, broadly funnel-shaped (3 cm), bright red-pink to red-violet. Flowering period: April-May, very freely flowering. Grows best in light, deep, fertile, acidic, humus-rich, sufficiently drained, but always moist soils, in a light semi-shade.