Description
Small, relatively fast growing evergreen shrub (H 1-1,5 m, W 1,5-1,7 m). Crown broad, slightly flattened. Leaves broadly egg-shaped to ovate (8-12 cm), leathery, at first silver-grey, later grey-green to dark green, underneath red-brown to grey-brown felty. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal inflorescence, broadly bell-shaped (3-5 cm), light violet to light lilac, toward center lighter, almost white. Flowering period: May-June. Requires deep, fertile, humus-rich, sufficiently drained, but always moist soils. Easily withstands moderatly sunny sites, grows well also in slightly acidic and neutral soils. Easily withstands winter cold.