Description
Medium-sized, bushy, broad, vigorous evergreen shrub (H 2-3 m, W 2-2,5 m). Crown broad spherical, slightly flattened. Leaves ovate (8-12 cm), hard, leathery, slightly glossy, above very dark green, lighter beneath. Flowers numerous, in dense terminal inflorescence, broadly bell-shaped (5-8 cm), light pink, with dark pink-red spots. Flowering period: May-June; in warm autumn part of the flowerbuds open already in September and October. Requires deep, fertile, acidic, humus-rich, sufficiently drained, but always moist soils, in a light semi-shade.