Description
Medium-sized, bushy, broad, slow growing evergreen shrub (H 1,4-1,7 m, W 1,6-1,8 m). Crown broadly spherical, slightly flattened. Leaves narowly lanceolate (8-12 cm), hard, leathery, glossy, above very dark green, lighter beneath. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal inflorescence, broadly bell-shaped (4-5 cm), in buds pink, open delicate light pink. Flowering period: May-June. Requires deep, fertile, acidic, humus-rich, sufficiently drained, but always moist soils, in a light semi-shade.